cirugía
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], borrowed from Latin chīrurgia, from chīrurgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós) (cf. χειρουργία (kheirourgía)), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work, labor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiɾuˈxia/ [θi.ɾuˈxi.a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siɾuˈxia/ [si.ɾuˈxi.a]
- Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: ci‧ru‧gí‧a
Related terms
Further reading
- “cirugía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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