badalo

See also: badało

Galician

Alternative forms

• badal

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese badalo (“bell-clapper”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), irregularly from Vulgar Latin *bataclum < *ba(t)tuaculum, from Latin battuō, battuere (“I beat, I clap”). Cognate with Portuguese badalo, Spanish badajo, Catalan batall, French batail, Italian batacchio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈða.lo̝/

Noun

badalo m (plural badalos)

1. clapper (of a bell)

Derived terms

• badalada
• badalar

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “badalo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “badalo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

badalo (1)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese badalo (“bell-clapper”), from Vulgar Latin *batāclum, from contraction of *ba(t)tuāculum, from Latin battuō, battuere (“I beat, I clap”). Cognate with Galician badal, Spanish badajo, Catalan batall, French batail, Italian batacchio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɐˈða.lu/
• Hyphenation: ba‧da‧lo

Noun

badalo m (plural badalos)

1. clapper (of a bell)
2. (Portugal, informal, by extension) tongue (human)
3. (slang) penis

Derived terms

• badalar