pábulo

See also: pabulo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pābulum. Doublet of poulo and poula.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.bu.lu/

• (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

pábulo m (plural pábulos)

1. fodder, pabulum
2. (figurative) subject of mocking or damnation

Adjective

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

1. (Brazil) proud, arrogant, conceited

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pābulum.

Noun

pábulo m (plural pábulos)

1. fodder, pabulum

Derived terms

• dar pábulo

 

Further reading

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