radiología
/radjoloˈxia/feminine
In Spanish, radiology is translated as radiología.
radiología refers to the medical specialty of imaging. When discussing radiology procedures, you might use the verb tomar to mean 'to take', analizar for 'to analyze' or interpretar for 'to interpret'. For example, a CT scan is called a tomografía computarizada.
Meaning: the specialty of medical imaging (noun)
Which one should you use?
While radiología is the name of the specialty, you use different forms to refer to the practitioners: use the masculine radiólogo for a male radiologist and the feminine radióloga for a female radiologist.
How does it change in a sentence?
radiología is a feminine noun. When referring to the medical specialty, it is preceded by the feminine article la, resulting in la radiología.
How do you pronounce it?
/radjoloˈxia/
Did you know?
- The Spanish term radiología descends from the Latin word radius, which means 'staff' or 'spoke of a wheel'.
- In Spanish medical contexts, the word placa is often used instead of radiología when referring to an X-ray image, as it literally translates to 'plate'.
- The word radio in Spanish is a triple homonym that can refer to a radio receiver, the radius of a circle, or the radius bone in the forearm.
Examples in context
- La radiología es una especialidad médica que se encarga de la interpretación de imágenes médicas.Radiology is a medical specialty that is responsible for the interpretation of medical images.
- Mi médico va a hacer un estudio de imágenes para analizar mis pulmones.My doctor is going to do an image study to analyze my lungs.
- La radiología es una especialidad muy importante.Radiology is a very important specialty.
- Ella estudia radiología en la universidad.She studies radiology at the university.
- El departamento de radiología está en el segundo piso.The radiology department is on the second floor.
Example conversation
At a hospital, a visitor asks an employee for directions.
- Mateo¿Dónde está la sección de radiología?Where is the radiology section?
- LucíaEstá al final del pasillo, a la derecha.It is at the end of the hallway, to the right.
- MateoMuchas gracias por su ayuda.Thank you very much for your help.
- LucíaDe nada, que tenga un buen día.You're welcome, have a nice day.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “radiology” translations and entries radiología, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries radiología, CC BY-SA 4.0.
