ligamento

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Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ligāmentum.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /liɡaˈmento/
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /liħaˈmento/

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /liɡaˈmɛnto/
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /liħaˈmɛnto/

  • Hyphenation: li‧ga‧men‧to

Noun

ligamento m (plural ligamentos)

  1. ligament

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

ligamento (plural ligamentos)

  1. ligament

Latin

Noun

ligāmentō

  1. dative/ablative singular of ligāmentum

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ligāmentum.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (most dialects) -ẽtu, (Southern Brazil) -ẽto
  • Hyphenation: li‧ga‧men‧to

Noun

ligamento m (plural ligamentos)

  1. (anatomy) ligament (band of strong tissue that holds the bones of an animal in position)

Further reading

  • ligamento” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (tie, bind).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liɡaˈmento/
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: li‧ga‧men‧to

Noun

ligamento m (plural ligamentos)

  1. ligament

Further reading

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ligamento.

Pronunciation

Noun

ligamento (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜄᜋᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜓ)

  1. ligament
    Synonym: litid