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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin cutīcula.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ikulɐ
- Hyphenation: cu‧tí‧cu‧la
Noun
cutícula f (plural cutículas)
- cuticle (hardened skin around the nail)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cutīcula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈtikula/
- Rhymes: -ikula
- Syllabification: cu‧tí‧cu‧la
Noun
cutícula f (plural cutículas)
- cuticle (hardened skin around the nail)
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