cabelo
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cabelo (“hair”), from Latin capillus (“hair”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cabelo m (plural cabelos)
- hair (individual strand)
- c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 96:
- Et avia os cabelos da cabeça et da barba vermellos
- And the hairs of his head and of his beard were red
- Synonym: pelo
- c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 96:
- hair; head of hair
- 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 453:
- El rrey Príamos era forte caualeyro et de forte coraçõ et moy duro et sen medo a sua gisa, mays pero, poys que esto oýo dizer, fóysselle alçãdo o cabelo, et fóysselle tomãdo hũ frío, et ouuo grã dulta et grã pauor de Éytor
- king Priam was a strong knight and had a strong heart and was very hard and fearless in his own way; but, as soon as he heard this, his hair raised, and a cold spree took him, and had a big fear and a big fright of Hector
- Synonym: pelo
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “cabelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cabelo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cabelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cabelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cabelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cabelo (“hair”), from Latin capillus (“hair”), from caput (“head”) + pilus (“hair”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧be‧lo
Noun edit
cabelo m (plural cabelos)
- hair, head of hair
- O cabelo dela era louro.
- Her hair colour was blonde.
- hair (a single hair filament)
Usage notes edit
Cabelo is used for hair that grows on a person’s scalp. Hair that grows on other parts of the skin is pelo.
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Spanish edit
Verb edit
cabelo
- second-person singular voseo imperative of caber combined with lo