pábulo

See also: pabulo

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin pābulum.^[1]^[2] Doublet of poulo and poula.

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.bu.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.bu.lo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.bu.lu/ [ˈpa.βu.lu]

Rhymes: -abulu
Hyphenation: pá‧bu‧lo

Noun edit

pábulo m (plural pábulos)

fodder, pabulum
(figurative) subject of mocking or damnation

Adjective edit

pábulo (feminine pábula, masculine plural pábulos, feminine plural pábulas)

(Brazil) proud, arrogant, conceited

References edit

^ “pábulo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
^ “pábulo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin pābulum.

Noun edit

pábulo m (plural pábulos)

fodder, pabulum

Derived terms edit

dar pábulo

Further reading edit

“pábulo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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