estertor

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin stertōrem, from stertō (“to snore”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.teʁˈtoʁ/ [is.tehˈtoh], /es.teʁˈtoʁ/ [es.tehˈtoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.teʁˈtoʁ/ [is.tehˈtoh], /es.teʁˈtoʁ/ [es.tehˈtoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.teɾˈtoɾ/, /es.teɾˈtoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.teʁˈtoʁ/ [iʃ.teχˈtoχ], /eʃ.teʁˈtoʁ/ [eʃ.teχˈtoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.teɻˈtoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨɾˈtoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨɾˈtoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨɾˈto.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: es‧ter‧tor

Noun

estertor m (plural estertores)

1. raucus breathing
2. (medicine) an abnormal breathing sound heard during auscultation

Related terms

• estertorado
• estertorante
• estertorar
• estertorizar
• estertoroso

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin stertere (“to snore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esteɾˈtoɾ/ [es.t̪eɾˈt̪oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: es‧ter‧tor

Noun

estertor m (plural estertores)

1. (usually in the plural) death rattle

Derived terms

• estertor sibilante

 

Further reading

• “estertor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28