cirujano
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish cirugiano, derived from cirugía, or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *chirurgianus, from Latin chirurgia, from chirurgus, from Ancient Greek χειρουργός (kheirourgós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θiɾuˈxano/ [θi.ɾuˈxa.no]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /siɾuˈxano/ [si.ɾuˈxa.no]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: ci‧ru‧ja‧no
Noun
cirujano m (plural cirujanos, feminine cirujana, feminine plural cirujanas)
- surgeon
Derived terms
- neurocirujano
- pez cirujano
Related terms
- cirugía
- quirófano
- quirúrgico
Further reading
- “cirujano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014