cabeludo

• capeludo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cabeludo, from Vulgar Latin *capillūtus. By surface analysis, cabelo (“hair”) +‎ -udo.

• IPA^(key): /kabeˈludo/
• Rhymes: -udo

cabeludo (feminine cabeluda, masculine plural cabeludos, feminine plural cabeludas)

1. hairy

   Synonym: peludo

2. long-haired

   Synonyms: greñudo, melenudo

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabeludo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cabeludo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabeludo”, 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), “cabeludo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabeludo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *capillūtus. By surface analysis, cabelo (“hair”) +‎ -udo.

cabeludo m (plural *cabeludos, feminine *cabeluda, feminine plural cabeludas)

1. hairy (having a lot of hair)
   • 13th century, Pero Garcia Burgalês, Maria Negra ui eu em outro dia‎:

     Dixilheu hume dela ptia
     Eſſe ſinal e ſuſona moleira
     E diſſemela daqueſta maneira
     Comeu auos direy e foyſa uya
     Eſte ſinal ſe deus my pdom
     E negro bem come hũũ carvom
     E cabeludo aderredor da caldeira

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   • 13th century, Caldeirom, Ũa donzela coitado‎:

     Cobrancelhas mesturadas
     Grandes & mui cabeludas
     Sobre lhos olhos meriudas
     & as cedas pendoradas
     & mui grãdes p boa fe
     ha hũ palme meio nõ pe
     & no cos tres polegadas

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• Galician: cabeludo
• Portuguese: cabeludo

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “cabeludo”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cabeludo, from Vulgar Latin *capillūtus. By surface analysis, cabelo (“hair”) +‎ -udo. Compare Spanish cabelludo, Italian capelluto and French chevelu.

• Rhymes: -udu
• Hyphenation: ca‧be‧lu‧do

cabeludo (feminine cabeluda, masculine plural cabeludos, feminine plural cabeludas)

1. hairy, long-haired (having a lot of hair)
2. furry
3. (Brazil, colloquial) hairy (difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating)

   problema cabeludo ― hairy problem

4. (Brazil, colloquial) exaggerated; far-fetched
5. (Brazil, colloquial) immoral

• “cabeludo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “cabeludo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024