ídolo

See also: idolo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ydolo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin īdōlum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈiðʊlʊ]

Noun

ídolo m (plural ídolos)

1. idol

References

• “ydolo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ydolo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ídolo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ídolo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese idolo, borrowed from Latin īdōlum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.do.lu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈi.du.lu/ [ˈi.ðu.lu]

• Hyphenation: í‧do‧lo

Noun

ídolo m (plural ídolos)

1. idol

Derived terms

• idolatrar
• idolatrado
• idolatrização

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īdōlum, from Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “image, idol”), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”). Cognate with English idol.

Noun

ídolo m (plural ídolos, feminine ídola, feminine plural ídolas)

1. idol

Related terms

• idolatrar

 

Further reading

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