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English
Etymology
Clipping of sellotape.
Pronunciation
Noun
sello (uncountable)
- (British, slang) sellotape.
Can you pass the sello? We need to get these presents wrapped up by tonight.
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Asturian
Verb
sello
- first-person singular present indicative of sellar
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish cello, from Italian cello.
Pronunciation
Noun
sello
- cello
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Italian
Pronunciation
Verb
sello
- first-person singular present indicative of sellare
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈseʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈseʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈseʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈseʒo/
- (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -eʝo
- (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -eʎo
- (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -eʃo
- (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -eʒo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish sello, seello, from Latin sigillum. Doublet of sigilo.
Noun
sello m (plural sellos)
- seal, sigil
- stamp (device for stamping designs)
- stamp (imprint made by stamping)
- postage stamp
- Synonym: estampilla
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sello
- first-person singular present indicative of sellar
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