contractura
Latin
Participle
contractūra
- inflection of contractūrus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Participle
contractūrā
- ablative feminine singular of contractūrus
References
- “contractura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- contractura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Spanish
Alternative forms
- constractura (Chile, hypercorrective)
- contratura (Chile, colloquial)
Etymology
From Latin contractūra, derived from contrahĕre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kontɾaɡˈtuɾa/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaɣ̞ˈt̪u.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -uɾa
- Syllabification: con‧trac‧tu‧ra
Noun
contractura f (plural contracturas)
- muscle contraction
Derived terms
- contracturado
- contracturar
Further reading
- “contractura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014