vello

See also: Vello and velló

Galician

Un vello galego ("a Galician old man")

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese vello, from Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, diminutive of vetus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛʎo̝/

Adjective

vello m (feminine singular vella, masculine plural vellos, feminine plural vellas)

1. old

Antonyms

• novo

Noun

vello m (plural vellos, feminine vella, feminine plural vellas)

1. old man
   • 1978, Lois Álvarez Pousa, "A Sementeira" (song by Fuxan os Ventos):

     Un vello que dea consellos / un rostro de fume e pan / que conte contos aos nenos / do cuco e do paspallás.

     An old man who gives counsel / a face of smoke and bread / who tells tales to the children / about the cuckoo and the quail

   Synonyms: ancián, vedraño

2. (slang) father

   Synonyms: padre, pai

References

• “vello” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “vello” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “vello” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “vello” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vello” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin vellus, possibly crossed with villus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛllo

Noun

vello m

1. hair, fur
2. fleece

Related terms

• il vello d'oro (golden fleece)

Anagrams

• volle

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *welnō, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwel.loː/, [ˈwɛl.lʲoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvel.lo/, [ˈvɛl.lɔ]

Verb

vellō (present infinitive vellere, perfect active vulsī or vellī, supine vulsum); third conjugation

1. I pluck out (feathers etc)
2. I depilate
3. I pull or tear down; I demolish

Conjugation

Conjugation of vellō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vellō	vellis	vellit	vellimus	vellitis	vellunt
	imperfect	vellēbam	vellēbās	vellēbat	vellēbāmus	vellēbātis	vellēbant
	future	vellam	vellēs	vellet	vellēmus	vellētis	vellent
	perfect	vulsī, vellī	vulsistī, vellistī	vulsit, vellit	vulsimus, vellimus	vulsistis, vellistis	vulsērunt, vulsēre, vellērunt, vellēre
	pluperfect	vulseram, velleram	vulserās, vellerās	vulserat, vellerat	vulserāmus, vellerāmus	vulserātis, vellerātis	vulserant, vellerant
	future perfect	vulserō, vellerō	vulseris, velleris	vulserit, vellerit	vulserimus, vellerimus	vulseritis, velleritis	vulserint, vellerint
passive	present	vellor	velleris, vellere	vellitur	vellimur	velliminī	velluntur
	imperfect	vellēbar	vellēbāris, vellēbāre	vellēbātur	vellēbāmur	vellēbāminī	vellēbantur
	future	vellar	vellēris, vellēre	vellētur	vellēmur	vellēminī	vellentur
	perfect	vulsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	vulsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	vulsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	vellam	vellās	vellat	vellāmus	vellātis	vellant
	imperfect	vellerem	vellerēs	velleret	vellerēmus	vellerētis	vellerent
	perfect	vulserim, vellerim	vulserīs, vellerīs	vulserit, vellerit	vulserīmus, vellerīmus	vulserītis, vellerītis	vulserint, vellerint
	pluperfect	vulsissem, vellissem	vulsissēs, vellissēs	vulsisset, vellisset	vulsissēmus, vellissēmus	vulsissētis, vellissētis	vulsissent, vellissent
passive	present	vellar	vellāris, vellāre	vellātur	vellāmur	vellāminī	vellantur
	imperfect	vellerer	vellerēris, vellerēre	vellerētur	vellerēmur	vellerēminī	vellerentur
	perfect	vulsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	vulsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	velle	—	—	vellite	—
	future	—	vellitō	vellitō	—	vellitōte	velluntō
passive	present	—	vellere	—	—	velliminī	—
	future	—	vellitor	vellitor	—	—	velluntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		vellere	vulsisse, vellisse	vulsūrum esse	vellī	vulsum esse	vulsum īrī
participles		vellēns	—	vulsūrus	—	vulsus	vellendus, vellundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		vellendī	vellendō	vellendum	vellendō	vulsum	vulsū

Derived terms

• āvellō
• convellō
• dēvellō
• dīvellō
• ēvellō
• pervellō
• praevellō
• revellō
• subvellō
• vellicō

 

Descendants

• Aromanian: bilescu, biliri
• Italian: vellere
• Romanian: beli, belire

References

• vello in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vello in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin villus (“hair, tuft of hair”).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈbeʎo/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɟ͡ʝo/, [ˈbeʝo]
• Homophone: bello

Noun

vello m (plural vellos)

1. body hair, androgenic hair, vellus hair
2. facial hair

Derived terms

• vello androgénico
• vello corporal
• vello púbico
• velludo

Related terms

• velloso

Further reading

• “vello” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.