vértebra
See also: vertebra, vertebrá, and vèrtebra
Galician
Noun
vértebra f (plural vértebras)
- (anatomy) a vertebra
Derived terms
- vértebra cervical
- vértebra torácica
- vértebra lumbar
Related terms
- vertebrado
- vertebral
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin vertebra (“joint”), from vertō (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɛʁ.te.bɾɐ/ [ˈvɛh.te.bɾɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈvɛɾ.te.bɾɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈvɛʁ.te.bɾɐ/ [ˈvɛχ.te.bɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɛɻ.te.bɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvɛɾ.tɨ.bɾɐ/ [ˈvɛɾ.tɨ.βɾɐ]
Noun
vértebra f (plural vértebras)
- vertebra
Hypernyms
- osso
Holonyms
- coluna, espinha, espinhaço
Related terms
- invertebrado
- vertebrado
- vertebral
- verter
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin vertebra (“joint”), from vertō (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeɾtebɾa/ [ˈbeɾ.t̪e.β̞ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾtebɾa
- Syllabification: vér‧te‧bra
Noun
vértebra f (plural vértebras)
- (anatomy) vertebra
Derived terms
- vértebra cervical
- vértebra torácica
- vértebra lumbar
Related terms
- vertebrado
- vertebral
Further reading
- “vértebra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014