acupuntura

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akupunˈtuɾa/, [a.ku.pũn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: a‧cu‧pun‧tu‧ra

Noun

acupuntura f (plural acupuntures)

1. acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)

Galician

Alternative forms

• acupunctura (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akupunˈtuɾa/ [ɑ.ku.pun̪ˈt̪u.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: a‧cu‧pun‧tu‧ra

Noun

acupuntura f (plural acupunturas)

1. acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)

Related terms

• acupuntural
• acupunturar
• acupunturista

 

Further reading

• “acupuntura”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “acupuntura” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ku.pũˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ku.pũˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ku.pũˈtu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ku.pũˈtu.ɾɐ/

• Audio (Brazil):

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.

Latin acus

Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der.

Proto-Italic *pungō

Latin pungō

Latin pūnctus

Latin -tura

Latin pūnctūra

New Latin acūpūnctūralbor.

Portuguese acupuntura

Learned borrowing from New Latin acūpūnctūra, from Latin acus + pūnctūra. By surface analysis, acu- +‎ puntura.

Alternative forms

• acupunctura

Noun

acupuntura f (usually uncountable, plural acupunturas)

1. acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
   • 2007, Henrique Amat Rêgo Monteiro, transl., O Poder de Cura da Acupressura e da Acupuntura, São Paulo: Pensamento, translation of The Healing Power of Acupressure and Acupuncture by Matthew D. Bauer, →ISBN, page 142:

     Se você sentir que a acupuntura incomoda, discuta o assunto com o seu acupunturista. Se não ficar satisfeito com o que ele lhe disser, procure outro acupunturista que use agulhas mais finas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• acupuntural
• acupunturar
• acupunturista

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

acupuntura

1. inflection of acupunturar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “acupuntura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “acupuntura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akupunˈtuɾa/ [a.ku.pũn̪ˈt̪u.ɾa]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: a‧cu‧pun‧tu‧ra

Noun

acupuntura f (plural acupunturas)

1. acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)

Derived terms

• acupunturista

 

Related terms

• acupuntor

 

Further reading

• “acupuntura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28