la
feminine
/fɾakˈtuɾa/
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Translation
fracture
Word origin
From Latin fractura ('a breaking'), from frangere ('to break'). The same root gives English 'fracture' and 'fragile'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- fractura
- English cognates
- fracture, fragile
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralfracturas
Examples
radiografía .
The X-ray showed a fracture in the leg.
Sufrió caerse.
She suffered a wrist fracture when she fell.
tardará curarse.
The fracture will take several weeks to heal.
inmovilizó escayola.
The doctor immobilised the fracture with a plaster cast.
leve, .
It was a minor fracture, with no need for surgery.
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