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Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin vocābulum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈkablo/
- Rhymes: -ablo
- Syllabification: vo‧ca‧blo
Noun
vocablo m (plural vocablos)
- word, term
- Synonyms: palabra, término, voz
1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael, Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:Perico el bailarín, aunque brasilero, hablaba sin dificultad el idioma de los criollos, bien que comúnmente le hacía gracia expresarse en una jerga especial, mezclando en sus dichos y conversaciones vocablos portugueses.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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