velludo
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin villūtus. By surface analysis, vello + -udo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beˈʝudo/ [beˈʝu.ð̞o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /beˈʎudo/ [beˈʎu.ð̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /beˈʃudo/ [beˈʃu.ð̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /beˈʒudo/ [beˈʒu.ð̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -udo
- Syllabification: ve‧llu‧do
Adjective
velludo (feminine velluda, masculine plural velludos, feminine plural velludas)
- hairy-bodied
Related terms
Noun
velludo m (plural velludos)
- felt, velvet
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quijote de la Mancha1, Chapter I:
- El resto della concluían sayo de velarte, calzas de velludo para las fiestas, con sus pantuflos de lo mesmo, y los días de entresemana se honraba con su vellorí de lo más fino.
- The rest of it went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match for the holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best homespun.
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quijote de la Mancha1, Chapter I:
Further reading
- “velludo”, 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