pulmão

Portuguese

pulmão

Etymology

From Latin pulmōnem (“lung”), possibly borrowed.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /puwˈmɐ̃w̃/ [puʊ̯ˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pulˈmɐ̃w̃/ [puɫˈmɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: pul‧mão

Noun

pulmão m (plural pulmões)

1. lung

Related terms

• pulmonar

Further reading

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