castelo

See also: Castelo

Galician

Castelo, Pambre, Galicia.
Reconstruction of the Castelo da Rocha Forte, Santiago, Galicia.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese castelo, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (fort).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kasˈtɛlo/ [kɑs̺ˈt̪ɛ.lʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛlo
  • Hyphenation: cas‧te‧lo

Noun

castelo m (plural castelos)

  1. (architecture) castle (fortified stronghold)
  2. (nautical) forecastle; aftcastle
  3. siege tower
  4. (figurative) Cumulonimbus cloud
  5. (figurative) part of the yoke that resembles a battlement with merlons

Derived terms

References

  • castelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • castelo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • castelo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • castelo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • castelo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (fort).

Noun

castelo m (plural castelos)

  1. castle (fortified stronghold)

Descendants

  • Fala: castelu
  • Galician: castelo
  • Portuguese: castelo (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Portuguese

Os componentes de um castelo.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese castelo, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum (fort). Doublet of Cacela.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kasˈtɛ.lu/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʃˈtɛ.lu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kasˈtɛ.lo/

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʃ.ˈtɛ.lu/
  • Homophone: Castelo
  • Hyphenation: cas‧te‧lo

Noun

castelo m (plural castelos)

  1. castle (fortified stronghold)
    Synonyms: alcácer, cidadela, fortaleza, forte, fortificação, praça-forte

Meronyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: kastélu
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