opérculo

See also: operculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin operculum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛʁ.ku.lu/ [oˈpɛh.ku.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛʁ.ku.lu/ [oˈpɛh.ku.lu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛɾ.ku.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛʁ.ku.lu/ [oˈpɛχ.ku.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈpɛɻ.ku.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈpɛɾ.ku.lu/

• Hyphenation: o‧pér‧cu‧lo

Noun

opérculo m (plural opérculos)

1. (biology) operculum (flap-like cover in some animals and plants)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin operculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈpeɾkulo/ [oˈpeɾ.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -eɾkulo
• Syllabification: o‧pér‧cu‧lo

Noun

opérculo m (plural opérculos)

1. operculum

Further reading

• “opérculo”, 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