duelo
English
Etymology
Noun
duelo
- (obsolete) a duel
- (obsolete) the rules of dueling
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “duelo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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- IPA(key): /duˈelo/
- Rhymes: -elo
- Hyphenation: du‧e‧lo
Noun
duelo (accusative singular duelon, plural dueloj, accusative plural duelojn)
Ido
Noun
duelo (plural dueli)
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin dolus. Related to Latin dolor (“pain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdu͡elo/
Noun
duelo m (plural duelos)
- sorrow, mourning
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 20v:
- Oyo eſto eſto el pueblo e ou gñde duelo enõ ſe q̃ſo guarnir deſu ueſtir. dixo nr̃o ſeñor amoẏſẽ diles q̃ ſe guarneſcã eẏo ſabre q̃ leſ fare. priſierõ fiios de iſrɫ. ſo guarnimiẽto de mõte oreb
- The people heard this and there was great mourning, and they did not want to adorn their dress. [For] Our Lord said to Moses, “Tell them to adorn themselves and I will know what I will do to them.” [So] the children of Israel took off their ornaments from Mount Horeb [onward].
Related terms
Descendants
- Spanish: duelo
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /duˈɛ.lu/ [dʊˈɛ.lu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwɛ.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /duˈɛ.lo/ [dʊˈɛ.lo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwɛ.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdwɛ.lu/
Etymology 1
Noun
duelo m (plural duelos)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
duelo
- first-person singular present indicative of duelar
Further reading
- “duelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdwelo/ [ˈd̪we.lo]
- Rhymes: -elo
- Syllabification: due‧lo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Spanish duelo, from Late Latin dolus, a derivative of Latin dolor. Compare Portuguese dó, Catalan dol, French deuil, Italian duolo.
Noun
duelo m (plural duelos)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin duellum (“war”).
Noun
duelo m (plural duelos)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Verb
duelo
- first-person singular present indicative of doler
Etymology 4
Verb
duelo
- first-person singular present indicative of dolar
Further reading
- “duelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024