músculo
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See also: musculo
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mūsculus.
Pronunciation
Noun
músculo m (plural músculos)
- muscle (tissue or organ)
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mūsculus.
Pronunciation
Noun
músculo m (plural músculos)
- muscle (contractile tissue)
- distender um músculo ― to pull a muscle
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mūsculus as a learned term. Compare the inherited doublet muslo (“thigh”).
Pronunciation
Noun
músculo m (plural músculos)
- (uncountable) muscle tissue
- (countable) muscle (organ)
- lastimarse un músculo ― to pull a muscle
- 2005 — Lee Labrada, La Promesa de un Cuerpo Esbelto, part I, p8; translated 2006 by Margarita Matarranz
- Había un chico en mi colegio de secundaria que era considerado excéntrico en esa época porque era un fisicoculturista que participaba en competencias. Tenía músculos más grandes que yo y yo tenía curiosidad de saber cómo lo logró.
- There was a guy at my high school who was considered eccentric at the time because he was a competitive bodybuilder. He had bigger muscles than me and I was curious as to how he did it.
Hyponyms
- See also Category:es:Muscles.
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Further reading
- “músculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16