castelo
See also: Castelo
Galician
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Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese castelo, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”).
Pronunciation
Noun
castelo m (plural castelos)
- (architecture) castle (fortified stronghold)
- (nautical) forecastle; aftcastle
- siege tower
- (figurative) Cumulonimbus cloud
- (figurative) part of the yoke that resembles a battlement with merlons
Derived terms
Related terms
References
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- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “castelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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- “castelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/CasteloPortugues-Esquema.png/220px-CasteloPortugues-Esquema.png)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese castelo, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (“fort”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
castelo m (plural s)
- castle (fortified stronghold)
Synonyms
- (fortified stronghold): alcácer, cidadela, fortaleza, forte, fortificação, praça-forte
Meronyms
- adarve, barbacã, couraça, cubelo, fossa, muralha, pátio, ponte levadiça, torre albarrã, torre de menagem, valo
Related terms
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- Galician terms inherited from Latin
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- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Architecture
- gl:Nautical
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
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- Portuguese 3-syllable words
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- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Buildings
- pt:Royal residences