bowel

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbaʊəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbaʊəl, baʊl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bou′əl, boul)

Inflections of 'bowel' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.
bowels
v 3rd person singular
bowelling
v pres p (Mainly UK)
boweling
v pres p (US)
bowelled
v past (Mainly UK)
boweled
v past (US)
bowelled
v past p (Mainly UK)
boweled
v past p (US)
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
bowel n often plural (intestines)intestino nm
 The patient has an acute infection of the bowels.
 El paciente padece una infección aguda del intestino.
[sth]'s bowels,
the bowels of [sth] npl		 figurative (innermost part: of building, etc.) (figurado)entrañas nfpl
 The crew labored in the bowels of the building to repair the plumbing leak.
 La cuadrilla trabajó en las entrañas del edificio para reparar la fuga de las cañerías.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
bowels npl (entrails)entrañas nfpl
 Nothing was left of the animal but the bowels and some bones.
 No quedó nada del animal, excepto las entrañas y algunos huesos.
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Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
bowel cancer n (disease of intestines)cáncer de colon, cáncer colorrectal nm
 Poor Fred has been diagnosed with bowel cancer.
 Al pobre Fred le han diagnosticado cáncer de colon.
bowel movement n euphemism (act: defecation) (have a bowel movement)hacer sus necesidades loc verb
  (have a bowel movement)dar de cuerpo, dar del cuerpo loc verb
 I ran to the toilet and had a bowel movement after eating the figs.
 Tuve que correr al baño a hacer mis necesidades después de comerme los higos.
bowel movement n euphemism (faeces, bodily waste)excremento nm
  heces nfpl
 The doctor advised examining bowel movements for signs of blood.
 El médico me aconsejó examinar mis excrementos para ver si había sangre.
inflammatory bowel disease (pathology)enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal loc nom f
irritable bowel syndrome,
IBS n		 (painful intestinal disorder) (medicina)síndrome de colon irritable loc nom m
 Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a chronic disorder often associated with stomach pains.
 El síndrome de colon irritable es una enfermedad crónica a menudo asociada con los dolores de estómago.
upper bowel n (topmost part of digestive system)intestino superior nm
  intestino proximal nm
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'bowel' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
barium enema - BM - colic - colitis - colonoscopy - Crohn's disease - incontinence - inguinal hernia - intestinal worm - irritable - number two
Spanish:
aliviar - borborigmo - defecar - deposición - evacuación - evacuar - exonerar el vientre - hacer de vientre - intestino - intestino delgado - intestino grueso - ir de vientre - obrar

Collocations: [able, unable] to make a bowel movement, a [large, necessary, small] bowel movement, had a bowel movement, more...

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