músculo

Learned borrowing from Latin mūsculus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuskulo/ [ˈmus̺.ku.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -uskulo
• Hyphenation: mús‧cu‧lo

músculo m (plural músculos)

1. muscle (tissue or organ)

• musculo (pre-standardization spelling)

Learned borrowing from Latin mūsculum.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -uskulu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃkulu
• Hyphenation: mús‧cu‧lo

músculo m (plural músculos)

1. muscle (contractile tissue)

   distender um músculo ― to pull a muscle

Borrowed from Latin mūsculus as a learned term. Compare the inherited doublet muslo (“thigh”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuskulo/ [ˈmus.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -uskulo
• Syllabification: mús‧cu‧lo

músculo m (plural músculos)

1. (uncountable) muscle tissue
2. (countable) muscle (organ)

   lastimarse un músculo ― to pull a muscle

   • 2005 — Lee Labrada, La Promesa de un Cuerpo Esbelto, part I, p8; translated 2006 by Margarita Matarranz

     Había un chico en mi colegio de secundaria que era considerado excéntrico en esa época porque era un fisicoculturista que participaba en competencias. Tenía músculos más grandes que yo y yo tenía curiosidad de saber cómo lo logró.

     There was a guy at my high school who was considered eccentric at the time because he was a competitive bodybuilder. He had bigger muscles than me and I was curious as to how he did it.

• See also Category:es:Muscles.

• “músculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024