encéfalo
See also: encefalo
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From medical New Latin encephalon, from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /enˈθefalo/ [ẽn̟ˈθe.fa.lo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /enˈsefalo/ [ẽnˈse.fa.lo] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -efalo
- Syllabification: en‧cé‧fa‧lo
Noun
[edit]encéfalo m (plural encéfalos)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “encéfalo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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