marcapasos

Spanish

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of marca (“to mark”) +‎ pasos (“paces”). Calque of English pacemaker.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɾkaˈpasos/ [maɾ.kaˈpa.sos]
  • Rhymes: -asos
  • Syllabification: mar‧ca‧pa‧sos

Noun

marcapasos m (plural marcapasos)

  1. pacemaker (medical implement)

Noun

marcapasos

  1. plural of marcapaso

References

  1. ^ “marcapasos”, 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

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