escápula

See also: escapula and escàpula

Galician

Etymology

From Latin scapula (“shoulder”).

Noun

escápula f (plural escápulas)

1. (anatomy) scapula

   Synonym: omoplata

Related terms

• escapular

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scapula (“shoulder”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈka.pu.lɐ/, /esˈka.pu.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈka.pu.lɐ/, /esˈka.pu.lɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈka.pu.lɐ/, /eʃˈka.pu.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈka.pu.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈka.pu.lɐ/

• Rhymes: -apulɐ
• Hyphenation: es‧cá‧pu‧la

Noun

escápula f (plural escápulas)

1. (anatomy) scapula; shoulder blade

   Synonyms: espádua, (dated) omoplata

Hypernyms

• osso

Related terms

• clavícula
• escapulal
• escapular
• ombro

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scapula (“shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkapula/ [esˈka.pu.la]
• Rhymes: -apula
• Syllabification: es‧cá‧pu‧la

Noun

escápula f (plural escápulas)

1. (anatomy) scapula

   Synonym: omóplato

Derived terms

• elevador de la escápula

Further reading

• “escápula”, 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