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colecistectomía

Spanish, noun/koleθisteɡtoˈmia/

colecistectomía is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cholecystectomy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Intervención quirúrgica que se realiza para extraer una vesícula biliar enferma”.

What does colecistectomía mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininecholecystectomy

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Intervención quirúrgica que se realiza para extraer una vesícula biliar enferma.

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 colecistectomía

  • colecistectomías plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce colecistectomía?

  • /koleθisteɡtoˈmia/
  • [ko.le.θis.t̪eɣ̞.t̪oˈmi.a]
  • /kolesisteɡtoˈmia/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to colecistectomía

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is colecistectomía in Spanish?

colecistectomía appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).