cutícula

See also: cuticula

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cutīcula.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈt͡ʃi.ku.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈt͡ʃi.ku.la/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈti.ku.lɐ/

Rhymes: -ikulɐ
Hyphenation: cu‧tí‧cu‧la

Noun

cutícula f (plural cutículas)

cuticle (hardened skin around the nail)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cutīcula.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuˈtikula/ [kuˈt̪i.ku.la]
Rhymes: -ikula
Syllabification: cu‧tí‧cu‧la

Noun

cutícula f (plural cutículas)

cuticle (hardened skin around the nail)

Further reading

“cutícula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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