óculo

Borrowed from Latin oculus (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-. Doublet of olho, which was inherited.

• Hyphenation: ó‧cu‧lo

óculo m (plural óculos)

1. (chiefly in the plural) glasses, (formal) spectacles, (US) eyeglass
2. (architecture) oculus

   Consegue-se vislumbrar o céu através do óculo do Panteão de Roma.

   One can glimpse the sky through the oculus of the Pantheon of Rome.

3. peephole, (UK) spyhole

   Synonym: olho mágico

• Macanese: oclo

• “óculo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “óculo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “óculo” in Dicionário inFormal.

Borrowed from Latin oculus. Doublet of ojo, which was inherited.

• IPA^(key): /ˈokulo/ [ˈo.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -okulo
• Syllabification: ó‧cu‧lo

óculo m (plural óculos)

1. (architecture) oculus (round or oval window)

• “óculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014