estertor

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin stertōrem, from stertō (“to snore”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.teʁˈtoʁ/ , /es.teʁˈtoʁ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.teɾˈtoɾ/, /es.teɾˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.teʁˈtoʁ/ , /eʃ.teʁˈtoʁ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.teɻˈtoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨɾˈtoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɨɾˈto.ɾi/

Hyphenation: es‧ter‧tor

Noun

estertor m (plural estertores)

raucus breathing
(medicine) an abnormal breathing sound heard during auscultation

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin stertere (“to snore”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /esteɾˈtoɾ/
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: es‧ter‧tor

Noun

estertor m (plural estertores)

(usually in the plural) death rattle

Derived terms

estertor sibilante

Further reading

“estertor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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