escorbuto

Portuguese

Etymology

From French scorbut, related to Dutch scheurbuik.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.koʁˈbu.tu/ [is.koɦˈbu.tu], /es.koʁˈbu.tu/ [es.koɦˈbu.tu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /is.koɾˈbu.tu/, /es.koɾˈbu.tu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃ.koʁˈbu.tu/, /eʃ.koʁˈbu.tu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /es.koɻˈbu.to/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃ.kuɾˈbu.tu/ [(i)ʃ.kuɾˈβu.tu]

  • Hyphenation: es‧cor‧bu‧to

Noun

escorbuto m (usually uncountable, plural escorbutos)

  1. (pathology) scurvy (deficiency of vitamin C)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French scorbut, from Late Latin scorbutus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskoɾˈbuto/ [es.koɾˈβ̞u.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -uto
  • Syllabification: es‧cor‧bu‧to

Noun

escorbuto m (plural escorbutos)

  1. scurvy

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