See also: béllo, Bello, and Bellò

English edit

Etymology edit

From Italian bello (man; fella). Doublet of beau.

Noun edit

bello (plural bellos)

  1. A young man; sweetheart.

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Interlingua edit

Etymology edit

From Latin bellum.

Noun edit

bello

  1. war

Synonyms edit

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.lo/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: bèl‧lo

Adjective edit

bello (see below for inflection, superlative bellissimo, augmentative bellòccio or bellóne or bellóna f, endearing bellùccio, diminutive-endearing bellìno)

  1. nice, fair, fine, pleasant; beautiful (of the weather, etc.)
    Che bello!How nice!
    una bella giornataa beautiful day
  2. good-looking, handsome; beautiful (of a person)
  3. considerable (quantity)
    Synonyms: grande, grosso, forte
    una bella sommaa considerable amount
  4. used to emphasize the size, quantity, degree, or extent
    Dammi una fetta bella spessa!Give me a nice thick slice!
  5. good
    Synonym: buono
    un bel lavoroa good job

Inflection edit

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


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Noun edit

bello m (invariable)

  1. beauty
    il bello nell’artebeauty 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?

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Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From bellum (war) +‎ .

Verb edit

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

  1. to wage or carry out war, fight in war, war
  2. (by extension) to fight, contend
    Synonyms: lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, committō, serō, dēcertō
Conjugation edit
   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 edit
Descendants edit
  • Asturian: embellar

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

bellō n

  1. dative/ablative singular of bellum (war)

Etymology 3 edit

Adjective edit

bellō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of bellus

References edit

  • 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

Portuguese edit

Adjective edit

bello (feminine bella, masculine plural bellos, feminine plural bellas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of belo

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Spanish bello, in turn a borrowing from Old Occitan bel, bell, from Latin bellus. According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in the early 13th century, but not in the Poem of the Cid nor pre-literary Castilian. Part of the evidence for it being a borrowing is the lack of diphthongization, cf. Old Spanish castiello, amariello. The native Old Spanish terms were bellido and fermoso.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈbeʝo/ [ˈbe.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈbeʎo/ [ˈbe.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbeʃo/ [ˈbe.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbeʒo/ [ˈbe.ʒo]

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  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝo
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎo
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃo
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒo

Adjective edit

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

  1. beautiful, fair
  2. lovely (wonderful)

Derived terms edit

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