opérculo

See also: operculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin operculum.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛʁ.ku.lu/ [oˈpɛh.ku.lu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛɾ.ku.lu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛʁ.ku.lu/ [oˈpɛχ.ku.lu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛɻ.ku.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈpɛɾ.ku.lu/

Hyphenation: o‧pér‧cu‧lo

Noun

opérculo m (plural opérculos)

(biology) operculum (flap-like cover in some animals and plants)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oˈpeɾkulo/ [oˈpeɾ.ku.lo]
Rhymes: -eɾkulo
Syllabification: o‧pér‧cu‧lo

Noun

opérculo m (plural opérculos)

operculum

Further reading

“opérculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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