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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin areola. Doublet of eiró.
Pronunciation
Noun
aréola f (plural aréolas)
- (anatomy) areola (circle around the nipple)
- flowerbed (place where flowers are grown)
- (botany) areole (bump on a cactus out of which grow clusters of spines)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɾeola/
- Rhymes: -eola
- Syllabification: a‧ré‧o‧la
Noun
aréola f (plural aréolas)
- Alternative form of areola
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