modelo

See also: Modelo and modeló

Catalan

Verb

modelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of modelar

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish modelo. Doublet of model.

Noun

modelo

1. model (someone who poses for a photograph or painting)
2. fashion model
3. framework
4. example

Verb

modelo

1. to model
2. to become or work as a fashion model
3. to pose

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈdelo/

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• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: mo‧de‧lo

Noun

modelo (accusative singular modelon, plural modeloj, accusative plural modelojn)

1. model

Galician

Etymology 1

Noun

modelo m (plural modelos)

1. model (machine, miniature)
2. template

Derived terms

• modelar

Noun

modelo m or f by sense (plural modelos)

1. fashion model

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

modelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of modelar

Further reading

• “modelo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Ladino

Noun

modelo m (Hebrew spelling מודילו)

1. alternative form of model
   • 2005, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], volumes 26–28, page 4:

     Ken save, por enshemplo, ke en el siglo 19 savios djudios eshkenazis komo Avraam Graetz i Leopold Zunz, propozaron de tomar al djudaizmo de Espanya komo modelo para la mueva i mas moderna komunidad djudia ke se estava formando entonses en Almanya?

     Who knows, for example, that Ashkenazi sages in the nineteenth century such as Avraam Graetz and Leopold Zunz proposed taking Judaism from Spain as [a] model for the new and modern Jewish community that was forming in Germany at the time?

Verb

modelo (Hebrew spelling מודילו)

1. first-person singular present indicative of modelar
2. third-person singular preterite indicative of modelar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian modello, from Vulgar Latin modellus, diminutive form of modulus (“measure, standard”), diminutive of modus (“measure”).

Alternative forms

• modêlo (pre-reform spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈde.lu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈde.lu/ [muˈðe.lu]

• Rhymes: -elu
• Hyphenation: mo‧de‧lo

Noun

modelo m (plural modelos)

1. model (representation of a physical object)

Derived terms

• aeromodelo
• antimodelo
• modelar
• modelinho
• modelismo
• modelo de linguagem
• modelo de negócios
• submodelo

Related terms

• modelito

Noun

modelo m or f by sense (plural modelos)

1. model (person who serves as a subject for artwork or fashion)

Derived terms

• supermodelo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈdɛ.lu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈdɛ.lu/ [muˈðɛ.lu]

• Rhymes: -ɛlu
• Hyphenation: mo‧de‧lo

Verb

modelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of modelar

Further reading

• “modelo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “modelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈdelo/ [moˈð̞e.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: mo‧de‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian modello.

Noun

modelo m (plural modelos)

1. model (a successful example to be copied)
2. model (a representation of a physical object in miniature)
3. model (a simplified representation used to explain the workings of a system or event)
   • 2021 March 10, Andrés Rodríguez Amayuelas, “Transformar para cooperar mejor, cooperar para transformar mejor”, in El País‎^[2], archived from the original on 17 March 2021:

     Por otro lado, una buena parte de la ineficacia institucional del modelo español de cooperación tiene que ver con un sistema ministerialmente descoordinado y fragmentado.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• aeromodelo
• modelar
• modélico
• modelismo
• modelo de negocio

Noun

modelo m or f by sense (plural modelos)

1. fashion model

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

modelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of modelar

Further reading

• “modelo”, 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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish modelo. Doublet of model.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /moˈdelo/ [moˈd̪ɛː.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: mo‧de‧lo

Noun

modelo (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜒᜎᜓ)

1. model
2. fashion model

Further reading

• “modelo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Sagalongos, Felicidad Tomasa E. (1968), Diksiyunaryong Ingles-Pilipino, Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Mandaluyong: National Bookstore, →ISBN, page 290

Anagrams

• Olmedo