Polyglot Dictionary

quirófano

/kiˈɾofano/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain Artistic Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los quirófanos

Meaning

  1. operating theatre

    • El paciente está en el quirófano.

      The patient is in the operating theatre.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cirugía

Close — quirófano is the room; cirugía is the procedure performed there.

Similar in other languages

English

surgery

Close — an operating theatre relates to surgery.

Practice

1 What does quirófano mean?

2 Fill the gap: El paciente está en el ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches quirófano?

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