albelo

See also: Albelo

Galician

Etymology

From Latin albellus (“white”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alˈbɛlo/ [ɑlˈβ̞ɛ.lʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛlo
  • Hyphenation: al‧be‧lo

Adjective

albelo (feminine albela, masculine plural albelos, feminine plural albelas)

  1. pale, whitish
    Synonym: albeiro
  2. (of a person) ready, prompt, intelligent
    Synonyms: esperto, espelido

Derived terms

Noun

albelo m (plural albelos)

  1. white cloth used to cover dough
    Synonym: albeiro
  2. birch tree
  3. kind of duck
  4. kind of fork
  • albela

References
  • “aluel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “albelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “albelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “albelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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