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lobo
lobo
See also: lôbo
Esperanto
Noun
lobo (accusative singular lobon, plural loboj, accusative plural lobojn)
Derived terms
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus (“wolf”), from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.
Alternative forms
- lôbo (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlo.βu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlo.bu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlo.bo/
- Hyphenation: lo‧bo
Noun
lobo m (plural lobos, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)
- wolf (a wild canid)
Derived terms
- lobinho, lobozinho (diminutives)
- lobão (augmentative)
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Etymology 2
From New Latin lobus, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “earlobe”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.βu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.bu/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.bo/
- Hyphenation: lo‧bo
Noun
lobo m (plural lobos)
Derived terms
- lobo frontal
- lobo occipital
- lobo parietal
- lobo temporal
- lobotomia
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin lupus, from an Osco-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈloβo]
Noun
lobo m (plural lobos, feminine loba)