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Pronunciation
Noun
petalo (accusative singular petalon, plural petaloj, accusative plural petalojn)
- petal
1906, H. Sentis, Urso: En Lontoj, page 19:Oni nomas parnasio tiun elegantan floreton, kies petaloj, kun siaj, diafanaj vejnoj, ŝajnas esti ia karno, ideale pura.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2013, Julia Sigmond, Sen Rodin, Libazar’ kaj Tero, New York, N.Y.: Mondial, →ISBN, page 314:La lumo estas atente reguligata, entute forestas parazitoj, bakterioj, damaĝaj substancoj; la aerfiltrado eliminas ian ajn malbonodoron … jen kial niaj plantoj tiel bele prosperas … – kaj ŝi delikate karesis foliojn kaj petalojn.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
petalo m (plural petali)
- (botany) a petal
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Verb
petalo
- second-person singular voseo imperative of petar combined with lo