cabello
See also: Cabello
Old Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kaˈbe.ʎo]
- Hyphenation: ca‧bel‧lo
Noun
cabello m (plural cabellos)
- (usually in the plural, anatomy) hair
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 17r.
- Et a eſte nombre por que ſegund dize ptholomeo naſcen en aquella tierra en los arboles unas fructas en figuras de mugieres ¬ cuelgan por los cabellos.
- And it has this name because, according to Ptolemy, fruits in the shape of women grow on the trees of that land, and they hang by the hair.
- Et a eſte nombre por que ſegund dize ptholomeo naſcen en aquella tierra en los arboles unas fructas en figuras de mugieres ¬ cuelgan por los cabellos.
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 17r.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish cabello, from Latin capillus, capillum (whence English capillary). Compare Galician cabelo, Portuguese cabelo.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /kaˈbeʎo/, [kaˈβeʎo]
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /kaˈbeɟ͡ʝo/, [kaˈβeʝo]
Related terms
Further reading
- “cabello” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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