ábaco
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “a calculation board covered with sand”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ábaco m (plural ábacos)
- abacus (calculating table)
- (architecture) abacus (uppermost member or division of the capital of a column)
Further reading edit
- “ábaco” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin abacus (“board”),[1] from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”),[2] from Hebrew אבק (abák, “dust”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ábaco m (plural ábacos)
- abacus (instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by sliding balls on wires, or counters in grooves)
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ábaco.
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ “ábaco” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- ^ “ábaco” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “a calculation board covered with sand”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ábaco m (plural ábacos)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: abako
Further reading edit
- “ábaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014