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legionela

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from translingual Legionella. Compare Spanish legionela.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /le.ʒi.oˈnɛ.lɐ/ [le.ʒɪ.oˈnɛ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /le.ʒjoˈnɛ.lɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /le.ʒi.oˈnɛ.la/ [le.ʒɪ.oˈnɛ.la], (faster pronunciation) /le.ʒjoˈnɛ.la/

  • Hyphenation: le‧gi‧o‧ne‧la

Noun

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legionela f (plural legionelas)

  1. Legionnaires' disease
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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /lexjoˈnela/ [le.xjoˈne.la]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: le‧gio‧ne‧la

Noun

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legionela f (uncountable)

  1. Legionnaires' disease
    • 2016 December, “Hermana Paciencia: una gran sonrisa contra el Ébola - Diario Rombe”, in Diario Rombe[1], archived from the original on 2 December 2020:
      por qué se le ha dado bombo a esta enfermedad y no otras como a la legionela cuando ésta se ha cobrado 10 muertes (8 más que el ébola)?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

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