óbolo
See also: obolo
Portuguese
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editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós), from ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, rod”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ó‧bo‧lo
Noun
editóbolo 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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editóbolo m (plural óbolos)
Further reading
edit- “óbolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Rhymes:Spanish/obolo
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