variz
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vaˈɾis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /vaˈɾiʃ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐˈɾiʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐˈɾiʃ/
- Hyphenation: va‧riz
Noun
variz f (plural varizes)
- (pathology) varicose vein (abnormally swollen or dilated vein)
Related terms
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈɾiθ/ [baˈɾiθ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /baˈɾis/ [baˈɾis] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθ (Spain)
- Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: va‧riz
Noun
variz f (plural varices)
- (pathology) varicose vein (abnormally swollen or dilated vein)
Related terms
- varicele
- varicoso
Further reading
- “variz”, 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