óvulo
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== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin ōvulum, from ōvum (“egg”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ó‧vu‧lo
=== Noun ===
óvulo m (plural óvulos)
(cytology, embryology) ovum; egg cell (female gamete in animals)
==== Related terms ====
ovo
ovulação
ovulado
ovular
=== Further reading ===
“óvulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“óvulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈobulo/ [ˈo.β̞u.lo]
Rhymes: -obulo
Syllabification: ó‧vu‧lo
=== Noun ===
óvulo m (plural óvulos)
(zoology) ovule (immature ovum)
(botany) ovule
=== Further reading ===
“óvulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025