cardio

See also: cardio-, -cardio, and cárdio

English

Etymology

Clipping of cardiovascular.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.dɪ.əʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.di.oʊ/

Adjective

cardio (not comparable)

1. Cardiovascular; pertaining to the health of the circulatory and respiratory systems.

Noun

cardio (usually uncountable, plural cardios)

1. (exercise) Exercise with the goal of raising the heart rate. (clarification of this definition is needed)

   Synonyms: endurance training, monostructural work(out), metabolic conditioning

   Hyponym: aerobics

   Coordinate term: strength training

   I did some cardio today instead of lifting weights.

   • 2021 November 3, Gretchen Reynolds, “Cardio Before Weight Lifting May Help Boost Muscle”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     For decades, trainers and scientists have debated whether and how to mix cardio and resistance exercise. Some small studies suggest combining the two might up the likely gains from each, especially the resistance training.

Derived terms

• cardio day

 

Translations

exercise

• Arabic: كَارْدِيُو m (kardiyo, kardiyu), ضُمُور m (ḍumūr) (obsolete)
• Bulgarian: ка́рдио n (kárdio), ка́рдио-трениро́вка f (kárdio-treniróvka), ка́рдио-упражне́ние n (kárdio-upražnénie), ка́рдиоупражнѐние n (kárdioupražnènie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有氧運動／有氧运动 (zh) (yǒuyǎngyùndòng), 有氧 (zh) (yǒuyǎng)

• Finnish: sykkeennosto, sydänjumppa, cardio-treeni
• German: Cardio n, Cardiotraining n
• Portuguese: cárdio (pt) m
• Russian: ка́рдио (ru) n (kárdio), ка́рдио-трениро́вка f (kárdio-treniróvka), ка́рдио-упражне́ние n (kárdio-upražnénije), ка́рдиоупражнѐние n (kárdioupražnènije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кардио n, кардио-вежба f, кардио-тренинг m

  Latin: cardio n, kardio n, kardio-vježba f, kardio-trening m

• Spanish: cardio (es) m
• Swedish: cardio c
• Turkish: kardiyo

Anagrams

• Criado, arcoid

Spanish

Noun

cardio m (uncountable)

1. cardio