intestino delgado

Portuguese

Noun

intestino delgado m (plural intestinos delgados)

1. (anatomy) small intestine (upper part of the intestine)

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “thin intestine”.

Noun

intestino delgado m (plural intestinos delgados)

1. small intestine

Further reading

• “intestino delgado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10