castelo

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

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

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

• Castelo
• Castelos

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “castelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “castelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “castelo”, 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), “castelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “castelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

castelo m (plural castelos)

1. castle (fortified stronghold)

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

• Universo Cantigas - "castelo"

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

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

castelo m (plural castelos)

1. castle (fortified stronghold)

   Synonyms: alcácer, cidadela, fortaleza, forte, fortificação, praça-forte

• adarve, barbacã, couraça, cubelo, fossa, muralha, pátio, ponte levadiça, torre albarrã, torre de menagem, valo

• Castelo

• acastelado, acastelagem, castelaria, casteleiro, castelão

• Kabuverdianu: kastélu