encefalograma

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Ancient Greek ἐν (en)

Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-)

Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-ōl

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Proto-Indo-European *gʰébʰōlder.

Proto-Hellenic *kʰepʰəlā́

Ancient Greek κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ)

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos)der.

Portuguese encefalo-

Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)bor.

Portuguese -grama

Portuguese encefalograma

From encefalo- + -grama.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˌsɛ.fa.loˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˌsɛ.fa.loˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˌsɛ.fa.loˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˌsɛ.fa.loˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˌsɛ.fa.loˈɡɾɐ.ma/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˌsɛ.fa.loˈɡɾɐ.ma/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˌsɛ.fɐ.luˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/ [ẽˌsɛ.fɐ.luˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˌsɛ.fɐ.luˈɡɾɐ.mɐ/ [ẽˌsɛ.fɐ.luˈɣɾɐ.mɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˌsɛ.fɐ.luˈɡɾa.mɐ/ [ẽˌsɛ.fɐ.luˈɣɾa.mɐ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
• Hyphenation: en‧ce‧fa‧lo‧gra‧ma

Noun

encefalograma m (plural encefalogramas)

1. (medicine) encephalogram (x-ray image of the brain)

Further reading

• “encefalograma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “encefalograma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Ancient Greek ἐν (en)

Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-)

Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-ōl

?

Proto-Indo-European *gʰébʰōlder.

Proto-Hellenic *kʰepʰəlā́

Ancient Greek κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ)

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos)der.

Spanish encefalo-

Spanish -grama

Spanish encefalograma

From encefalo- + -grama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enθefaloˈɡɾama/ [ẽn̟.θe.fa.loˈɣ̞ɾa.ma] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ensefaloˈɡɾama/ [ẽn.se.fa.loˈɣ̞ɾa.ma] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: en‧ce‧fa‧lo‧gra‧ma

Noun

encefalograma m (plural encefalogramas)

1. (medicine) encephalogram (x-ray image of the brain)
   • 2015 November 5, “Opinión”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Más bien podría concluirse que, en punto a empleo y paro, el legado de Rajoy es un encefalograma plano respecto al de su antecesor.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “encefalograma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025