Bucéfalo

See also: bucefalo, Bucefalo, and bucéfalo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Būcephalus, from Ancient Greek Βουκέφᾰλος (Bouképhalos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈsɛ.fa.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈsɛ.fa.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈsɛ.fa.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈsɛ.fɐ.lu/

• Homophone: bucéfalo
• Hyphenation: Bu‧cé‧fa‧lo

Proper noun

Bucéfalo m

1. (historical) Bucephalus (the warhorse of Alexander the Great)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Bucéfalas

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Būcephalus, from Ancient Greek Βουκέφᾰλος (Bouképhalos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /buˈθefalo/ [buˈθe.fa.lo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /buˈsefalo/ [buˈse.fa.lo]
• Rhymes: -efalo
• Syllabification: Bu‧cé‧fa‧lo

Proper noun

Bucéfalo m

1. Bucephalus (the horse of Alexander the Great)

Further reading

• Bucéfalo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es