vitelo

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitellus.

Noun

vitelo (plural viteli)

1. yolk (of an egg), vitellus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vitellus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈte.lu/, /viˈtɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈte.lu/, /viˈtɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈte.lo/, /viˈtɛ.lo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈte.lu/, /viˈtɛ.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈte.lu/, /viˈtɛ.lu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈte.lu/, /biˈtɛ.lu/

• Hyphenation: vi‧tel‧lo

Noun

vitelo m (plural vitelos, feminine vitela, feminine plural vitelas)

1. calf (young bull)

   Synonyms: bezerro, novilho, almalho, vítulo, tenreiro, terneiro

Noun

vitelo m (plural vitelos)

1. (biology) vitellus, egg yolk

   Synonym: gema

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vitellus.

Noun

vitelo m (plural vitelos)

1. vitellus

Related terms

• vitela

 

Further reading

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