ventrículo
See also: ventriculo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ventriculus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/
- Rhymes: -ikulu
- Hyphenation: ven‧trí‧cu‧lo
Noun
ventrículo m (plural ventrículos)
- ventricle (cavity of certain organs)
- (anatomy) ventricle (each of the two muscular cavities of the heart that receive blood from the corresponding atrium and send it, through the arterial vessels, to the various parts of the body)
- (anatomy) ventricle (each of the main cavities of the brain)
- (zoology) ventricle (gastric (anterior) region of the digestive tract of insects)
- (obsolete) stomach
Derived terms
adjectives
Further reading
- “ventrículo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “ventrículo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ventriculus. Compare the inherited bandrullo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /benˈtɾikulo/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪ɾi.ku.lo]
- Rhymes: -ikulo
- Syllabification: ven‧trí‧cu‧lo
Noun
ventrículo m (plural ventrículos)
Related terms
Further reading
- “ventrículo”, 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