víscera

See also: viscera

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin viscera, plural of viscus (“internal organ”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.se.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.se.ɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ˈviʃ.sɨ.ɾɐ/, /ˈvi.sɨ.ɾɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ˈbiʃ.sɨ.ɾɐ/, /ˈbi.sɨ.ɾɐ/

Hyphenation: vís‧ce‧ra

Noun

víscera f (plural vísceras)

(anatomy) viscera (internal organ of the body)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin viscera, plural of viscus (“internal organ”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈbisθeɾa/ [ˈbis.θe.ɾa]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈbiseɾa/ [ˈbi.se.ɾa]
(Spain) Rhymes: -isθeɾa
(Latin America) Rhymes: -iseɾa
Syllabification: vís‧ce‧ra

Noun

víscera f (plural vísceras)

(usually in the plural) viscera, entrails, offal

Derived terms

visceral

Further reading

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

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