estreptococo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tɾe.pi.toˈkɔ.ku/, /es.tɾe.pi.toˈkɔ.ku/, /is.tɾep.toˈkɔ.ku/, /es.tɾep.toˈkɔ.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tɾe.pi.toˈkɔ.ku/, /es.tɾe.pi.toˈkɔ.ku/, /is.tɾep.toˈkɔ.ku/, /es.tɾep.toˈkɔ.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tɾe.pi.toˈkɔ.ku/, /eʃ.tɾe.pi.toˈkɔ.ku/, /iʃ.tɾep.toˈkɔ.ku/, /eʃ.tɾep.toˈkɔ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.tɾep.toˈkɔ.ko/, /es.tɾe.pi.toˈkɔ.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɾɨ.ptuˈkɔ.ku/

• Hyphenation: es‧trep‧to‧co‧co

Noun

estreptococo m (plural estreptococos)

1. streptococcus (a spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Scientific Latin streptococcus, from Ancient Greek στρεπτός (streptós) and κόκκος (kókkos).

Noun

estreptococo m (plural estreptococos)

1. streptococcus (a spherical, gram-positive bacterium of the genus Streptococcus)

   Hypernym: bacteria

   Hyponym: neumococo

Derived terms

• estreptocócico

Further reading

• “estreptococo”, 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