cabelo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cabelo (“hair”), from Latin capillus (“hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaˈβ̞elʊ]

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Noun

cabelo m (plural cabelos)

1. hair (individual strand)
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 96:

     Et avia os cabelos da cabeça et da barba vermellos

     And the hairs of his head and of his beard were red

   Synonym: pelo

2. hair; head of hair
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 453:

     El rrey Príamos era forte caualeyro et de forte coraçõ et moy duro et sen medo a sua gisa, mays pero, poys que esto oýo dizer, fóysselle alçãdo o cabelo, et fóysselle tomãdo hũ frío, et ouuo grã dulta et grã pauor de Éytor

     king Priam was a strong knight and had a strong heart and was very hard and fearless in his own way; but, as soon as he heard this, his hair raised, and a cold spree took him, and had a big fear and a big fright of Hector

   Synonym: pelo

Derived terms

• en cabelo

References

• “cabelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cabelo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cabelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cabelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cabelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cabelo (“hair”), from Latin capillus (“hair”), from caput (“head”) + pilus (“hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /kɐˈbe.lu/, [kɐˈβe.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐˈbe.lu/, [kɐˈbe.l̪ʊ]
• Hyphenation: ca‧be‧lo

Noun

cabelo m (plural cabelos)

1. hair, head of hair

   O cabelo dela era louro.

   Her hair colour was blonde.

2. hair (a single hair filament)

   Há um cabelo na minha sopa!

   There's a hair in my soup!

   Synonym: fio (de cabelo)

Usage notes

Cabelo is used for hair that grows on a person’s scalp. Hair that grows on other parts of the skin is pelo.

Derived terms

• cabeleira
• cabeleireiro
• cabeleiro
• cabeludo

Further reading

• “cabelo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.