How to Say "microscopic unit" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “microscopic unit” is “célula” — B1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.
English → SpanishB1
nounB1
scientific description
Examples
La célula es la unidad más pequeña de los seres vivos.
The cell is the smallest unit of living beings.
Estamos estudiando la estructura de la célula vegetal.
We are studying the structure of the plant cell.
Always Feminine
Even though it refers to basic units of everything, the word itself is always feminine ('la célula'), regardless of what kind of cell it is.
The Accent Mark
This word always has an accent on the 'é' because the stress is on the third-to-last syllable. In Spanish, words stressed this far back always need a written accent mark.
Missing the Accent
Mistake: “celula”
Correction: célula
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