óbolo
See also: obolo
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós), from ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, rod”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ó‧bo‧lo
Noun edit
óbolo m (plural óbolos)
- obolus (silver coin)
- (figuratively) alms (donation of little value, given to the poor)
- (mathematics) unit of weight that is approximately equivalent to 0.72 grams
- Charon's obol (a coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
óbolo m (plural óbolos)
Further reading edit
- “óbolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014