tétano

See also: tetano

Galician

Noun

tétano m (uncountable)

1. tetanus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tetanos (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin tetanus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ta.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ta.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ta.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.tɐ.nu/

• Rhymes: -ɛtanu
• Hyphenation: té‧ta‧no

Noun

tétano m (usually uncountable, plural tétanos)

1. (pathology) tetanus (a deadly bacterial disease)

Further reading

• “tétano”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Noun

tétano m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tétanos

Further reading

• “tétano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10