lobotomía

See also: lobotomia and lobotomią

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós?

Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷosder.

Proto-Italic *lukʷos

Osco-Umbrianbor.?

Latin lupus

Old Spanish lobo

Spanish lobo

Spanish -tomía

Spanish lobotomía

From lobo + -tomía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lobotoˈmia/ [lo.β̞o.t̪oˈmi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: lo‧bo‧to‧mí‧a

Noun

lobotomía f (plural lobotomías)

1. lobotomy

Further reading

• “lobotomía”, 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