mandíbula

Borrowed from Latin mandibula.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mənˈdi.βu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mənˈdi.bu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [manˈdi.bu.la]

mandíbula f (plural mandíbules)

1. jaw
2. jawbone, mandible

   Synonym: maixella

• mandibular

• “mandíbula”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mandíbula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “mandíbula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mandíbula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin mandibula.

mandíbula f (plural mandíbulas)

1. jaw
2. mandible, the jawbone

• mandibular

• “mandíbula”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Learned borrowing from Latin mandibula (“mandible”), from mandō (“to bite; to chew”).

• Hyphenation: man‧dí‧bu‧la

mandíbula f (plural mandíbulas)

1. jaw

   Synonym: queixo

2. (anatomy) mandible, the lower jawbone

   Synonyms: queixada, (dated) maxilar inferior

3. mandible of an anthropod

   Synonym: pinça

• (lower jawbone): osso

• mandibular

• “mandíbula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin mandibula.

• IPA^(key): /manˈdibula/ [mãn̪ˈd̪i.β̞u.la]

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• Rhymes: -ibula
• Syllabification: man‧dí‧bu‧la

mandíbula f (plural mandíbulas)

1. jaw

   Synonym: quijada

• “mandíbula”, 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