vértebra

See also: vertebra, vertebrá, and vèrtebra

Galician

Noun

vértebra f (plural vértebras)

1. (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]

• (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]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɾ.tɨ.bɾɐ/ [ˈvɛɾ.tɨ.βɾɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛɾ.tɨ.bɾɐ/ [ˈbɛɾ.tɨ.βɾɐ]

Noun

vértebra f (plural vértebras)

1. 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)

1. (anatomy) vertebra

Derived terms

• vértebra cervical
• vértebra lumbar
• vértebra torácica

 

Related terms

• vertebrado
• vertebral

 

Further reading

• “vértebra”, 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