óbolo
See also: obolo
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- óbulo (obsolete)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós), from ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, rod”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.bo.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.bo.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.bu.lu/ [ˈɔ.βu.lu]
- Hyphenation: ó‧bo‧lo
Noun
óbolo m (plural óbolos)
- obolus (silver coin)
- (figuratively) alms (donation of little value, given to the poor)
- (mathematics) unit of weight that is approximately equivalent to 0.72 grams
- Charon's obol (a coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈobolo/ [ˈo.β̞o.lo]
- Rhymes: -obolo
- Syllabification: ó‧bo‧lo
Further reading
- “óbolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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