núcleo

== Galician == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin nū̆cleus (“kernel, core”). === Noun === núcleo m (plural núcleos) (chemistry) nucleus (of an atom) (biology) nucleus (of a cell) ==== Related terms ==== nucléolo == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin nū̆cleus (“kernel, core”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: nú‧cle‧o === Noun === núcleo m (plural núcleos) nucleus (core, central part of something) núcleo urbano ― city center núcleo duro ― hard core nucleus (initial part which will receive additions) (chemistry, nuclear physics) nucleus (massive, positively charged core of an atom) (cytology) nucleus (large organelle found in cells) (linguistics) nucleus (centre of a syllable) === Further reading === “núcleo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “núcleo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nū̆cleus (“kernel, core”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnukleo/ [ˈnu.kle.o] Rhymes: -ukleo Syllabification: nú‧cle‧o === Noun === núcleo m (plural núcleos) nucleus ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “núcleo”, 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