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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cabelo (“hair”), from Latin capillus (“hair”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cabelo m (plural cabelos)
- hair (individual strand)
- c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 96:
Et avia os cabelos da cabeça et da barba vermellos- And the hairs of his head and of his beard were red
- Synonym: pelo
- hair; head of hair
1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 453:El rrey Príamos era forte caualeyro et de forte coraçõ et moy duro et sen medo a sua gisa, mays pero, poys que esto oýo dizer, fóysselle alçãdo o cabelo, et fóysselle tomãdo hũ frío, et ouuo grã dulta et grã pauor de Éytor- king Priam was a strong knight and had a strong heart and was very hard and fearless in his own way; but, as soon as he heard this, his hair raised, and a cold spree took him, and had a big fear and a big fright of Hector
- Synonym: pelo
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cabelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese cabelo (“hair”), from Latin capillus (“hair”), from caput (“head”) + pilus (“hair”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cabelo m (plural cabelos)
- hair, head of hair
O cabelo dela era louro.- Her hair colour was blonde.
- hair (a single hair filament)
- Synonym: fio (de cabelo)
Há um cabelo na minha sopa!- There's a hair in my soup!
Usage notes
Cabelo is used for hair that grows on a person’s scalp. Hair that grows on other parts of the skin is pelo.
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Spanish
Verb
cabelo
- second-person singular voseo imperative of caber combined with lo