Polyglot Dictionary

bisturí

/bistuˈɾi/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
bisturís

Meaning

  1. scalpel

    • El cirujano cogió el bisturí.

      The surgeon took the scalpel.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Skalpell

Skalpell is the German word for the same thing — both mean "scalpel."

Portuguese

bisturi

bisturi is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "scalpel."

Practice

1 What does bisturí mean?

2 Fill the gap: El cirujano cogió el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches bisturí?

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