hidrocéfalo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.dɾoˈsɛ.fa.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.dɾoˈsɛ.fa.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.dɾoˈsɛ.fa.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.dɾuˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/ [i.ðɾuˈsɛ.fɐ.lu]

• Hyphenation: hi‧dro‧cé‧fa‧lo

Adjective

hidrocéfalo (feminine hidrocéfala, masculine plural hidrocéfalos, feminine plural hidrocéfalas)

1. (medicine) hydrocephalous (afflicted with hydrocephalus)

   Synonym: hidrocefálico

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὑδροκέφαλος (hudroképhalos), from ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) and κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /idɾoˈθefalo/ [i.ð̞ɾoˈθe.fa.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /idɾoˈsefalo/ [i.ð̞ɾoˈse.fa.lo]
• Rhymes: -efalo
• Syllabification: hi‧dro‧cé‧fa‧lo

Adjective

hidrocéfalo (feminine hidrocéfala, masculine plural hidrocéfalos, feminine plural hidrocéfalas)

1. (medicine) hydrocephalous (afflicted with hydrocephalia)

Noun

hidrocéfalo m (plural hidrocéfalos)

1. (medicine, dated) hydrocephalus

   Synonym: hidrocefalia

Derived terms

• hidrocefalia
• hidrocefálico

Further reading

• “hidrocéfalo”, 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