pábulo

See also: pabulo

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin pābulum.[1][2] Doublet of poulo and poula.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpa.bu.lu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpa.bu.lo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpa.bu.lu/ [ˈpa.βu.lu]

  • Rhymes: -abulu
  • Hyphenation: pá‧bu‧lo

Noun

pábulo m (plural pábulos)

  1. fodder, pabulum
  2. (figurative) subject of mocking or damnation

Adjective

pábulo (feminine pábula, masculine plural pábulos, feminine plural pábulas)

  1. (Brazil) proud, arrogant, conceited

References

  1. ^ “pábulo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “pábulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pābulum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpabulo/ [ˈpa.β̞u.lo]
  • Rhymes: -abulo
  • Syllabification: pá‧bu‧lo

Noun

pábulo m (plural pábulos)

  1. fodder, pabulum

Derived terms

Further reading

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