mandíbula

See also: mandibula

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mandibula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [mənˈdi.βu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mənˈdi.bu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [manˈdi.bu.la]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [manˈdi.βu.la]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

mandíbula f (plural mandíbules)

1. jaw
2. jawbone, mandible

   Synonym: maixella

Related terms

• mandibular

Further reading

• “mandíbula”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mandíbula”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “mandíbula” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mandíbula”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mandibula.

Noun

mandíbula f (plural mandíbulas)

1. jaw
2. mandible, the jawbone

Related terms

• mandibular

Further reading

• “mandíbula”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mandibula (“mandible”), from mandō (“to bite; to chew”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi.bu.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi.bu.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈd͡ʒi.bu.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃ˈdi.bu.lɐ/ [mɐ̃ˈdi.βu.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: man‧dí‧bu‧la

Noun

mandíbula f (plural mandíbulas)

1. jaw

   Synonym: queixo

2. (anatomy) mandible, the lower jawbone

   Synonyms: queixada, (dated) maxilar inferior

3. mandible of an anthropod

   Synonym: pinça

Hypernyms

• (lower jawbone): osso

Related terms

• mandibular

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mandibula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈdibula/ [mãn̪ˈd̪i.β̞u.la]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ibula
• Syllabification: man‧dí‧bu‧la

Noun

mandíbula f (plural mandíbulas)

1. jaw

   Synonym: quijada

Derived terms

• a mandíbula batiente
• mandíbulas de la vida

Related terms

• mandibular

Further reading

• “mandíbula”, 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