pueblo

See also: Pueblo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pueblo, from Latin populus. Doublet of people.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpwɛbləʊ/

Noun

pueblo (plural pueblos)

1. A community in Spain or Spanish America, especially one of Pueblo Indians living in a stone or adobe multi-storey building. [from 19th c.]
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate 2011, p. 17:

     ‘And their flats and houses?’ Jane pointed to a custer of executive villas in the pueblo style.

Translations

community of Pueblo Indians

• Greek: χωριό ερυθρόδερμων n (chorió erythródermon)
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Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin populum, singular accusative of populus (“people, nation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpwe.βlo]

Noun

pueblo m (plural pueblos)

1. people, nation
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 3v. a.

     & dixo aella. ij. / gétes a ento vientre. &. ij. pu / eblos de tus entránas. ý ſtran.

     And he said to her: "two nations are in your womb, and to peoples from within you will be separated."

   • Idem, f. 12r. b.

     E dixo dios cate & ui. afflicci- / on de myo pueblo q es en egip / to.

     And God said: "I have noticed and seen the affliction of my people in Egypt."

   • Idem, 13r. b.

     E dixieró / a pharaon eſto diz el sénor. Dios / de iſrl´ dexa mio pueblo. e ſeruir / me a en el deſerto.

     And they said to pharaoh: 'this is what the Lord, God of Israel, says: 'let my people go and they shall serve me in the desert'.'

Related terms

• poblar

Descendants

• Ladino: puevlo (Latin spelling)
• Spanish: pueblo

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish pueblo, from Latin populum, singular accusative of populus (“people, nation”), from Proto-Italic *poplos (“army”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpweblo/ [ˈpwe.β̞lo]
• Hyphenation: pue‧blo

Noun

pueblo m (plural pueblos)

1. town, village

   Synonym: aldea

   Coordinate term: ciudad

2. the common people, the working classes

   Synonym: clase obrera

3. population, people, nation

   Synonym: nación

Derived terms

• pasarse siete pueblos
• pasarse tres pueblos
• pueblecito
• pueblo fantasma
• pueblo llano

 

Related terms

• población
• poblar

Verb

pueblo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of poblar.