cubículo

See also: cubiculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“a small bedroom; bedchamber”), from cubō (“to lie down, to sleep”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈbi.ku.lu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈbi.ku.lo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈbi.ku.lu/ [kuˈβi.ku.lu]

  • Rhymes: -ikulu
  • Hyphenation: cu‧bí‧cu‧lo

Noun

cubículo m (plural cubículos)

  1. cubicle
  2. cubbyhole
  3. cell (in a monastery or prision)
  4. (archaic) bedchamber

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom; bedchamber”), from cubō (“to lie down, to sleep”). Doublet of cobijo, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈbikulo/ [kuˈβ̞i.ku.lo]
  • Rhymes: -ikulo
  • Syllabification: cu‧bí‧cu‧lo

Noun

cubículo m (plural cubículos)

  1. cubicle

Further reading

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