ventrículo

See also: ventriculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ventriculus, perhaps on the model of French ventricule. Compare the inherited doublet bandulho (“rumen; intestine, belly; a type of tripe”). See Spanish ventrículo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/

Rhymes: -ikulu
Hyphenation: ven‧trí‧cu‧lo

Noun

ventrículo m (plural ventrículos)

(anatomy) ventricle (one of two lower chambers of the heart)
(anatomy) ventricle (one of the cavities of the brain)

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)

ventricle

Related terms

ventricular

Further reading

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

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