cúbito

See also: cubito

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cubitum (“elbow”). Compare the doublet cóbado.

Noun

cúbito m (plural cúbitos)

1. (anatomy) ulna

   Synonym: ulna

Further reading

• “cúbito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubitum (“elbow”). Compare the doublets côvado and coto (cf. also cotovelo).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈku.bi.tu/ [ˈku.βi.tu]

• Hyphenation: cú‧bi‧to

Noun

cúbito m (plural cúbitos)

1. (anatomy, Portugal) ulna

   Synonym: (Brazil) ulna

2. elbow

   Synonym: cotovelo

Hypernyms

• osso

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubitum. Compare the inherited doublet codo. Cognate with English cubit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkubito/ [ˈku.β̞i.t̪o]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ubito
• Syllabification: cú‧bi‧to

Noun

cúbito m (plural cúbitos)

1. ulna

   Synonym: ulna

Related terms

• codo
• cubital

 

Further reading

• “cúbito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28