frenillo

Spanish

Etymology

From freno +‎ -illo.

Noun

frenillo m (plural frenillos)

(orthodontics, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Venezuela) braces
Synonyms: frenos, aparatos, aparatos dentales, brackets
frenulum (fold of tissue that prevents an organ in the body from moving too far)
speech disorder

Further reading

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

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