rótula

== Galician == === Noun === rótula f (plural rótulas) (anatomy) patella, kneecap == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin rotula (“small wheel”). Doublet of rolha. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ró‧tu‧la === Noun === rótula f (plural rótulas) (anatomy) kneecap Synonym: patela (São Paulo, Bahia, South Brazil) roundabout Synonyms: (Brazil) rotatória, (Portugal) rotunda, (Brazil) balão, (Brazil) queijinho, (Brazil) círculo ==== Hypernyms ==== (kneecap): osso === Further reading === “rótula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “rótula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed directly from Latin rotula. Doublet of rol. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrotula/ [ˈro.t̪u.la] Rhymes: -otula Syllabification: ró‧tu‧la === Noun === rótula f (plural rótulas) (anatomy) kneecap, patella === Further reading === “rótula”, 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