marcapasos

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Verb-object compound, composed of marca (to mark) +‎ pasos (paces). Calque of English pacemaker.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maɾkaˈpasos/ [maɾ.kaˈpa.sos]
  • Rhymes: -asos
  • Syllabification: mar‧ca‧pa‧sos

Noun[edit]

marcapasos m (plural marcapasos)

  1. pacemaker (medical implement)

Noun[edit]

marcapasos

  1. plural of marcapaso

References[edit]

  1. ^ marcapasos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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