víscera

See also: viscera

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin viscera, plural of viscus (“internal organ”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.se.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.se.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.se.ɾa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ˈviʃ.sɨ.ɾɐ/, /ˈvi.sɨ.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ˈviʃ.sɨ.ɾɐ/, /ˈvi.sɨ.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ˈbiʃ.sɨ.ɾɐ/, /ˈbi.sɨ.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: vís‧ce‧ra

Noun

víscera f (plural vísceras)

1. (anatomy) viscera (internal organ of the body)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin viscera, plural of viscus (“internal organ”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈbisθeɾa/ [ˈbis.θe.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈbiseɾa/ [ˈbi.se.ɾa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -isθeɾa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -iseɾa
• Syllabification: vís‧ce‧ra

Noun

víscera f (plural vísceras)

1. (usually in the plural) viscera, entrails, offal

Derived terms

• visceral

 

Further reading

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