ampola

From Latin ampulla. Compare Portuguese ampola and Spanish ampolla.

• IPA^(key): [amˈpola]

ampola f (plural ampolas)

1. blister
   • c1850, anonymous folk song:

     Fun hasta a vila descalzo
     e os pés enchín me d'ampolas;
     Levei calzóns emprestados
     e vin pra a casa en cirolas

     I went barefoot to town
     My feet I covered with blisters;
     I wore loaned trousers
     went back home in underpants

   Synonym: bocha

2. pimple, pustule

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ampola”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ampola”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ampola”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• ampôla (pre-reform spelling)
• ampolla (pre-standardization spelling)

From Latin ampulla.^[1][2]

• Rhymes: -olɐ
• Hyphenation: am‧po‧la

ampola f (plural ampolas)

1. ampoule (small, hermetically sealed vial containing vaccine)
2. (anatomy) ampulla (dilated end of a duct)
3. alternative form of empola

• ampulheta
• ânfora