abaleo

See also: abaleó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈleo/ [a.β̞aˈle.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧le‧o

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Spanish a-

Middle French balle

French ballebor.

Spanish bala

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish balear

Spanish abaleardeverb.

Spanish abaleo

Deverbal from abalear.

Noun

abaleo m (plural abaleos)

1. (Latin America) shooting

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

abaleo

1. first-person singular present indicative of abalear

Further reading

• “abaleo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025