ventrículo

See also: ventriculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ventriculus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/

• Rhymes: -ikulu
• Hyphenation: ven‧trí‧cu‧lo

Noun

ventrículo m (plural ventrículos)

1. ventricle (cavity of certain organs)
2. (anatomy) ventricle (each of the two muscular cavities of the heart that receive blood from the corresponding atrium and send it, through the arterial vessels, to the various parts of the body)
3. (anatomy) ventricle (each of the main cavities of the brain)
4. (zoology) ventricle (gastric (anterior) region of the digestive tract of insects)
5. (obsolete) stomach

Derived terms

adjectives

• ventricular

 

Further reading

• “ventrículo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “ventrículo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ventriculus. Compare the inherited bandrullo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benˈtɾikulo/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪ɾi.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -ikulo
• Syllabification: ven‧trí‧cu‧lo

Noun

ventrículo m (plural ventrículos)

1. ventricle

Related terms

• ventricular

 

Further reading

• “ventrículo”, 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