cabeludo

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *capillūtus. By surface analysis, cabelo (“hair”) +‎ -udo.

Adjective

cabeludo m (plural *cabeludos, feminine *cabeluda, feminine plural cabeludas)

1. hairy (having a lot of hair)
   • 13th century, Pero Garcia Burgalês, Maria Negra ui eu em outro dia‎^[1]:

     Dixilheu hume dela ptia
     Eſſe ſinal e ſuſona moleira
     E diſſemela daqueſta maneira
     Comeu auos direy e foyſa uya
     Eſte ſinal ſe deus my pdom
     E negro bem come hũũ carvom
     E cabeludo aderredor da caldeira

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 13th century, Caldeirom, Ũa donzela coitado‎^[2]:

     Cobrancelhas mesturadas
     Grandes & mui cabeludas
     Sobre lhos olhos meriudas
     & as cedas pendoradas
     & mui grãdes p boa fe
     ha hũ palme meio nõ pe
     & no cos tres polegadas

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Galician: cabelludo
• Portuguese: cabeludo

References

• "cabeludo" in UC/Glosario, s.v. xxx, in Ferreiro, Manuel (dir.) (2014): Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa. Universidade da Coruña.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cabeludo, from Vulgar Latin *capillūtus. By surface analysis, cabelo (“hair”) +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.beˈlu.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.beˈlu.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.beˈlu.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɨˈlu.du/ [kɐ.βɨˈlu.ðu]

• Rhymes: -udu
• Hyphenation: ca‧be‧lu‧do

Adjective

cabeludo (feminine cabeluda, masculine plural cabeludos, feminine plural cabeludas)

1. hairy, long-haired (having a lot of hair)
2. furry
3. (Brazil, colloquial) hairy (difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating)

   problema cabeludo ― hairy problem

4. (Brazil, colloquial) exaggerated; far-fetched
5. (Brazil, colloquial) immoral

Derived terms

• bulbul-cabeludo
• couro cabeludo

 

Further reading

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