óbolo
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See also: obolo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós), from ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, rod”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ó‧bo‧lo
Noun
óbolo m (plural óbolos)
- obolus (silver coin)
- (figuratively) alms (donation of little value, given to the poor)
- (mathematics) unit of weight that is approximately equivalent to 0.72 grams
- Charon's obol (a coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial)
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
óbolo m (plural óbolos)
Further reading
- “óbolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16