flagelo

See also: flageló

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin flagellum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈʒɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈʒɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈʒɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐˈʒe.lu/

• Hyphenation: fla‧ge‧lo

• Audio (Brazil):

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Noun

flagelo m (plural flagelos)

1. scourge; a whip, especially one used to hit people
2. scourge (a persistent pest, illness, or source of trouble)
3. bane, a cause of suffering or source of pain and anguish
4. (microbiology) flagellum (whip-like appendage in bacteria and protists)

Synonyms

• (whip): chicote, açoite, látego, relho, habena

Related terms

• flagelar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐˈʒɛ.lu/

• Hyphenation: fla‧ge‧lo

Verb

flagelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of flagelar

Further reading

• “flagelo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flaˈxelo/ [flaˈxe.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: fla‧ge‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin flagellum.

Noun

flagelo m (plural flagelos)

1. whip

   Synonyms: látigo, azote

2. (biology) flagellum
3. calamity, sorrow, affliction
4. disaster

Related terms

• flagelar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

flagelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of flagelar

Further reading

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