vello

See also: Vello and velló

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vello, from Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, diminutive of vetus.

Adjective

vello m (feminine singular vella, masculine plural vellos, feminine plural vellas)

  1. old

Antonyms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vellus, possibly crossed with villus.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo

Noun

vello m

  1. hair, fur
  2. fleece

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *welnō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwel.loː/, [ˈwɛl.loː]

Verb

vellō (present infinitive vellere, perfect active vulsī or vellī, supine vulsum); third conjugation

  1. I pluck out (feathers etc)
  2. I depilate
  3. I pull or tear down; I demolish

Inflection
   Conjugation of vello (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vellō vellis vellit vellimus vellitis vellunt
imperfect vellēbam vellēbās vellēbat vellēbāmus vellēbātis vellēbant
future vellam vellēs vellet vellēmus vellētis vellent
perfect vulsī vulsistī vulsit vulsimus vulsistis vulsērunt, vulsēre
pluperfect vulseram vulserās vulserat vulserāmus vulserātis vulserant
future perfect vulserō vulseris vulserit vulserimus vulseritis vulserint
passive present vellor velleris, vellere vellitur vellimur velliminī velluntur
imperfect vellēbar vellēbāris, vellēbāre vellēbātur vellēbāmur vellēbāminī vellēbantur
future vellar vellēris, vellēre vellētur vellēmur vellēminī vellentur
perfect vulsus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect vulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect vulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present vellam vellās vellat vellāmus vellātis vellant
imperfect vellerem vellerēs velleret vellerēmus vellerētis vellerent
perfect vulserim vulserīs vulserit vulserimus vulseritis vulserint
pluperfect vulsissem vulsissēs vulsisset vulsissēmus vulsissētis vulsissent
passive present vellar vellāris, vellāre vellātur vellāmur vellāminī vellantur
imperfect vellerer vellerēris, vellerēre vellerētur vellerēmur vellerēminī vellerentur
perfect vulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect vulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — velle — — vellite —
future — vellitō vellitō — vellitōte velluntō
passive present — vellere — — velliminī —
future — vellitor vellitor — — velluntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives vellere vulsisse vulsūrus esse vellī vulsus esse vulsum īrī
participles vellēns — vulsūrus — vulsus vellendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
vellere vellendī vellendō vellendum vulsum vulsū

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • vello in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vello in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • vello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin villus (“hair, tuft of hair”).

Pronunciation
  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈbeʎo/
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈbeɟ͡ʝo/, [ˈbeʝo]
  • Homophone: bello

Noun

vello m (plural vellos)

  1. body hair, androgenic hair, vellus hair
  2. facial hair

Derived terms

Further reading
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