escorbuto
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== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From French scorbut, related to Dutch scheurbuik.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -utu
Hyphenation: es‧cor‧bu‧to
=== Noun ===
escorbuto m (usually uncountable, plural escorbutos)
(pathology) scurvy (deficiency of vitamin C)
=== Further reading ===
“escorbuto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“escorbuto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French scorbut, from Late Latin scorbutus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /eskoɾˈbuto/ [es.koɾˈβ̞u.t̪o]
Rhymes: -uto
Syllabification: es‧cor‧bu‧to
=== Noun ===
escorbuto m (plural escorbutos)
scurvy
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“escorbuto”, 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