bello

See also: béllo, Bello, and Bellò

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin bellum.

Noun

bello

1. war

Synonyms

• guerra

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.lo/

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• Hyphenation: bèl‧lo
• Rhymes: -ɛllo

Adjective

bello m (see inflection for forms; superlative bellissimo)

1. nice, fair, fine, pleasant; beautiful (of the weather etc.)

   Che bello! ― How nice!

   una bella giornata ― a beautiful day

2. good-looking, handsome; beautiful (of a person)
3. considerable (quantity)

   Synonyms: grande, grosso, forte

   una bella somma ― a considerable amount

4. good

   Synonym: buono

   un bel lavoro ― a good job

Inflection

	Not before the noun	Before the noun
		Before most consonants	Before vowels and h	Before impure s, gli, gn, pn, ps, sci, x and z
Masculine singular	bello	bel	bell’	bello
Masculine plural	belli	bei	begli	begli
Feminine singular	bella	bella	bell’	bella
Feminine plural	belle	belle	belle	belle

Derived terms

• abbellire

Related terms

• a bella posta
• bellamente
• bellezza
• bellimbusto

• bellino
• belloccio
• belluria
• beltà

Noun

bello m (invariable)

1. beauty

   il bello nell’arte ― beauty in art

2. (weather) fair-weather

   Synonym: sereno

   Domani riprenderà il bello (i.e. bel tempo)? ― Will tomorrow be back the good weather?

3. (informal) man, fella

   Dai, andiamo, bello! ― C'mon, let's go, fella!

   Allora, bello, da dove è che vieni? ― So, man, where do you come from?

Anagrams

• bolle

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Latin

Etymology 1

bellum (“war”) +‎ -ō

Verb

bellō (present infinitive bellāre, perfect active bellāvī, supine bellātum); first conjugation, no passive

1. I wage or carry out war, fight in war, war.
2. (by extension) I fight, contend.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bellō (first conjugation, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	bellō	bellās	bellat	bellāmus	bellātis	bellant
	imperfect	bellābam	bellābās	bellābat	bellābāmus	bellābātis	bellābant
	future	bellābō	bellābis	bellābit	bellābimus	bellābitis	bellābunt
	perfect	bellāvī	bellāvistī	bellāvit	bellāvimus	bellāvistis	bellāvērunt, bellāvēre
	pluperfect	bellāveram	bellāverās	bellāverat	bellāverāmus	bellāverātis	bellāverant
	future perfect	bellāverō	bellāveris	bellāverit	bellāverimus	bellāveritis	bellāverint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	bellem	bellēs	bellet	bellēmus	bellētis	bellent
	imperfect	bellārem	bellārēs	bellāret	bellārēmus	bellārētis	bellārent
	perfect	bellāverim	bellāverīs	bellāverit	bellāverīmus	bellāverītis	bellāverint
	pluperfect	bellāvissem	bellāvissēs	bellāvisset	bellāvissēmus	bellāvissētis	bellāvissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	bellā	—	—	bellāte	—
	future	—	bellātō	bellātō	—	bellātōte	bellantō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		bellāre	bellāvisse	bellātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		bellāns	—	bellātūrus	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		bellandī	bellandō	bellandum	bellandō	bellātum	bellātū

Derived terms

• bellor
• dēbellō
• rebellō

Etymology 2

Noun

bellō

1. dative singular of bellum
2. ablative singular of bellum

Etymology 3

Adjective

bellō

1. dative masculine singular of bellus
2. dative neuter singular of bellus
3. ablative masculine singular of bellus
4. ablative neuter singular of bellus

References

• bello in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• bello in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to charge some one with the conduct of a war: praeficere aliquem bello gerendo
    
  • (ambiguous) to interfere in a war: bello se interponere (Liv. 35. 48)
    
  • (ambiguous) to be involved in a war: bello implicari
    
  • (ambiguous) everywhere the torch of war is flaming: omnia bello flagrant or ardent (Fam. 4. 1. 2)
    
  • (ambiguous) to harass with war: bello persequi aliquem, lacessere
    

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Portuguese

Adjective

bello m (feminine singular bella, masculine plural bellos, feminine plural bellas, comparable)

1. Superseded spelling of belo.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ʎo/
• Homophone: vello

Adjective

bello (feminine singular bella, masculine plural bellos, feminine plural bellas) (superlative bellísimo)

1. beautiful

Derived terms

• embellecer

Related terms

• belleza
• beldad

See also

• bonito
• guapo
• lindo
• precioso