rabiola

Portuguese

Rabiola (in red)

Etymology

From rabo (“tail”) +‎ -i- +‎ -ola.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.biˈɔ.lɐ/ [ha.bɪˈɔ.lɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.biˈɔ.lɐ/ [ha.bɪˈɔ.lɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁa.biˈɔ.lɐ/ [χa.bɪˈɔ.lɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁa.biˈɔ.la/ [ha.bɪˈɔ.la]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐ.biˈɔ.lɐ/ [ʁɐ.βiˈɔ.lɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
• Hyphenation: ra‧bi‧o‧la

Noun

rabiola f (plural rabiolas)

1. (Brazil) tape or strip of paper placed at the end of the kite (toy) and used to stabilize it in the air

Derived terms

• só o pó da rabiola

Further reading

• “rabiola”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “rabiola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025