badalo

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See also: badało

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese badalo (“bell-clapper”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), irregularly from Vulgar Latin *bataclum < *ba(t)tuaculum, from Latin battuō, battuere (“I beat, I clap”). Cognate with Portuguese badalo, Spanish badajo, Catalan batall, French batail, Italian batacchio.

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Pronunciation

Noun

badalo m (plural badalos)

  1. clapper (of a bell)
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Etymology 2

Verb

badalo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of badalar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -alu
  • Hyphenation: ba‧da‧lo

Etymology 1

badalo (1)

From Old Galician-Portuguese badalo (“bell-clapper”), from Vulgar Latin *batāclum, from contraction of *ba(t)tuāculum, from Latin battuere (“to beat, to clap”). Cognate with Galician badal, Spanish badajo, Catalan batall, French batail, Italian batacchio.

Noun

badalo m (plural badalos)

  1. clapper (of a bell)
  2. (Portugal, informal, by extension) tongue (human)
  3. (slang) penis
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

badalo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of badalar
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