vientre
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish vientre, from Latin venter, ventrem (“stomach, belly”), from Proto-Indo-European *wend-tri-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbjentɾe/ [ˈbjẽn̪.t̪ɾe]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -entɾe
- Syllabification: vien‧tre
Noun
vientre m (plural vientres)
- abdomen
- belly
- Synonyms: barriga, guata
- mover el vientre ― to defecate
- womb
- Synonyms: útero, matriz
- vaca de vientre ― breeding cow
Derived terms
- vientre de alquiler
Further reading
- “vientre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014