válvula

válvula f (plural válvules)

1. valve (device that controls flow of gas or fluid)
2. (anatomy) valve (in anatomy)

From Latin valvula, diminutive of valva (“leaf of a double or folding door”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw.vu.la/, /ˈvaw.vu.lɐ/
• Hyphenation: vál‧vu‧la

válvula f (plural válvulas)

1. valve (device that controls flow of gas or fluid)
2. (anatomy) valve (membrane which permits the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction)
3. (electronics) vacuum tube
4. the regulator of a steam engine or pressure cooker
5. (botany) valve (small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor)

• (membrane which permits the passage of the contents): valva
• (vacuum tube): válvula eletrônica (Brazil), válvula eletrónica (Portugal), válvula termiônica (Brazil), válvula termiónica (Portugal)
• (steam regulator): válvula de alívio

• valva
• valvulado
• valvular

From New Latin vālvula, diminutive of valva "leaf of a door".

• IPA^(key): /ˈbalbula/, [ˈbalβula]

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válvula f (plural válvulas)

1. valve

• valvular

• Basque: balbula
• Tagalog: balbula

• “válvula” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.