Spanish word

labio

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈlaβjo/

Meaning

  • masculine nounlip

Example

Me mordí el labio.

I bit my lip.

Illustration for labio (lip)

More examples

¿Te sangra el labio?

Is your lip bleeding?

Core concept

Movable pads of soft tissue framing the mouth.

Common phrases

  • labio partido

    split lip

  • herida en el labio

    lip wound

  • morderse el labio

    bite one's lip

Similar words

boca: Entire mouth opening used for eating, breathing, and talking.
mejilla: Soft rounded flesh at the side of the mouth and lower face.
lengua: Flexible muscular organ inside the mouth for taste and speech.
diente: Hard individual structure in the mouth used to bite and grind food.

Definition in Spanish

Parte carnosa y móvil que forma el borde de la boca, compuesta por el labio superior y el labio inferior y usada para comer, hablar y besar.

Word origin

Derived from Latin labium 'lip, mouth edge', which entered Spanish via Romance evolution and survives in English in forms such as labial and labium.

Usage tips

  • In pronunciation the b between vowels is a softer voiced bilabial approximant than the English stop, so labio has a softer b sound than an English b.

Related words

  • labiallabialadjective

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