caldo de cultivo
Spanish, noun/ˌkaldo de kulˈtibo/
caldo de cultivo is spelled C-A-L-D-O-D-E-C-U-L-T-I-V-O (14 letters). Caldo de cultivo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “culture medium; growth medium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does caldo de cultivo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineculture medium; growth medium
- 2
masculinebreeding ground; hotbed
un caldo de cultivo de talento
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. Medio líquido utilizado para el crecimiento, estudio y multiplicación de microorganismos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caldo de cultivo
- caldos de cultivo plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caldo de cultivo?
- /ˌkaldo de kulˈtibo/
- [ˌkal̪.d̪o ð̞e kul̪ˈt̪i.β̞o]
- [ˈkal̪d̪o ð̞e kul̪ˈt̪iβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caldo de cultivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.