tétano
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See also: tetano
Galician
Noun
tétano m (uncountable)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin tetanus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛtanu
- Hyphenation: té‧ta‧no
Noun
tétano m (usually uncountable, plural tétanos)
Further reading
- “tétano”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Spanish
Noun
tétano m (uncountable)
- Alternative form of tétanos
Further reading
- “tétano”, 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