fábula
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin fābula. Doublet of the inherited fala.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfa.bu.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfa.bu.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfa.bu.lɐ/ [ˈfa.βu.lɐ]
- Rhymes: -abulɐ
- Hyphenation: fá‧bu‧la
Noun
fábula f (plural fábulas)
Related terms
- confabular
- fabulador
- fabular
- fabulário
- fabulista
- fabulizar
- fabuloso
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fābula. Doublet of the inherited habla.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfabula/ [ˈfa.β̞u.la]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -abula
- Syllabification: fá‧bu‧la
Noun
fábula f (plural fábulas)
- fable, myth, tale
- rumor
- Synonym: rumor
- (Costa Rica) animated cartoon
- Synonyms: dibujo animado, (Venezuela) comiquita
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “fábula”, 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
- “fábula”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010