mandíbula

See also: mandibula

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mandibula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mənˈdi.βu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mənˈdi.bu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [manˈdi.bu.la]

Noun

mandíbula f (plural mandíbules)

1. jaw
2. jawbone, mandible

   Synonym: maixella

Related terms

• mandibular

Further reading

• “mandíbula” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “mandíbula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “mandíbula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mandíbula” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mandibula.

Noun

mandíbula f (plural mandíbulas)

1. jaw
2. mandible, the jawbone

Related terms

• mandibular

Further reading

• “mandíbula”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mandibula (“mandible”), from mandō (“to bite; to chew”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi.bu.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi.bu.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi.bu.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdi.bu.lɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈdi.βu.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: man‧dí‧bu‧la

Noun

mandíbula f (plural mandíbulas)

1. jaw

   Synonym: queixo

2. (anatomy) mandible, the lower jawbone

   Synonyms: queixada, (dated) maxilar inferior

3. mandible of an anthropod

   Synonym: pinça

Hypernyms

• (lower jawbone): osso

Related terms

• mandibular

Further reading

• “mandíbula” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mandibula.

Noun

mandíbula f (plural mandíbulas)

1. jaw

   Synonym: quijada

Derived terms

• mandíbulas de la vida

 

Related terms

• mandibular

 

Further reading

• “mandíbula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014