cubículo

See also: cubiculo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“a small bedroom; bedchamber”), from cubō (“to lie down, to sleep”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈbi.ku.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈbi.ku.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈbi.ku.lu/ [kuˈβi.ku.lu]

Rhymes: -ikulu
Hyphenation: cu‧bí‧cu‧lo

Noun

cubículo m (plural cubículos)

cubicle
cubbyhole
cell (in a monastery or prision)
(archaic) bedchamber

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom; bedchamber”), from cubō (“to lie down, to sleep”). Doublet of cobijo, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuˈbikulo/ [kuˈβ̞i.ku.lo]
Rhymes: -ikulo
Syllabification: cu‧bí‧cu‧lo

Noun

cubículo m (plural cubículos)

cubicle

Further reading

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

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