tornozelo

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See also: tornozêlo

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

tornozelo

Alternative forms

tornezelo, ternozelo, tornezelo, ternozielo, tornezielo (dialectal)
tornozêlo (obsolete)

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from tornar (“to turn”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /toʁ.noˈze.lu/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /toɾ.noˈze.lu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /toʁ.noˈze.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toɻ.noˈze.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuɾ.nuˈze.lu/

Rhymes: -elu
Hyphenation: tor‧no‧ze‧lo

Noun

tornozelo m (plural tornozelos)

(anatomy) ankle (each of the bony protrusions (external and internal) that are found in the region of the joint between the leg and the foot)

Related terms

tornozeleira

Further reading

“tornozelo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“tornozelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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