escalpelo

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin scalpō

Latin -rum

Latin scalprum

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lum

Latin scalpellumbor.

Portuguese escalpelo

Borrowed from Latin scalpellum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kawˈpe.lu/ [is.kaʊ̯ˈpe.lu], /es.kawˈpe.lu/ [es.kaʊ̯ˈpe.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kawˈpe.lu/ [is.kaʊ̯ˈpe.lu], /es.kawˈpe.lu/ [es.kaʊ̯ˈpe.lu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kawˈpe.lu/ [iʃ.kaʊ̯ˈpe.lu], /eʃ.kawˈpe.lu/ [eʃ.kaʊ̯ˈpe.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kawˈpe.lo/ [es.kaʊ̯ˈpe.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kalˈpe.lu/ [(i)ʃ.kaɫˈpe.lu]

Noun

escalpelo m (plural escalpelos)

1. scalpel

Derived terms

• escalpelar

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kawˈpɛ.lu/ [is.kaʊ̯ˈpɛ.lu], /es.kawˈpɛ.lu/ [es.kaʊ̯ˈpɛ.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.kawˈpɛ.lu/ [is.kaʊ̯ˈpɛ.lu], /es.kawˈpɛ.lu/ [es.kaʊ̯ˈpɛ.lu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.kawˈpɛ.lu/ [iʃ.kaʊ̯ˈpɛ.lu], /eʃ.kawˈpɛ.lu/ [eʃ.kaʊ̯ˈpɛ.lu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.kawˈpɛ.lo/ [es.kaʊ̯ˈpɛ.lo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.kalˈpɛ.lu/ [(i)ʃ.kaɫˈpɛ.lu]

Verb

escalpelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of escalpelar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin scalpō

Latin -rum

Latin scalprum

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lum

Latin scalpellumbor.

Spanish escalpelo

Borrowed from Latin scalpellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskalˈpelo/ [es.kalˈpe.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: es‧cal‧pe‧lo

Noun

escalpelo m (plural escalpelos)

1. scalpel

   Synonyms: bisturí, lanceta

Related terms

• escarpelo

Further reading

• “escalpelo”, 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