esfínter
Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin sphincter, from Ancient Greek σφιγκτήρ (sphinktḗr, “band, contractile muscle”), from σφίγγω (sphíngō, “to bind tight”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]esfínter m (plural esfínteres)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “esfínter”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Categories:
- Spanish terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Spanish semi-learned borrowings from Late Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Late Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/inteɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/inteɾ/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- es:Anatomy
- es:Muscles