cabello

See also: Cabello

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin capillum, accusative of capillus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kaˈbe.ʎo]
  • Hyphenation: ca‧bel‧lo

Noun

cabello m (plural cabellos)

  1. (usually in the plural, anatomy) hair
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 17r.
      Et a eſte nombre por que ſegund dize ptholomeo naſcen en aquella tierra en los arboles unas fructas en figuras de mugieres ¬ cuelgan por los cabellos.
      And it has this name because, according to Ptolemy, fruits in the shape of women grow on the trees of that land, and they hang by the hair.

Descendants


Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish cabello, from Latin capillus, capillum (whence English capillary). Compare Galician cabelo, Portuguese cabelo.

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /kaˈbeʎo/, [kaˈβeʎo]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /kaˈbeɟ͡ʝo/, [kaˈβeʝo]

Noun

cabello m (plural cabellos)

  1. hair (the mass of hairs on the head)
    Synonym: pelo

Further reading

  • 2017 May 20, “Trasplante de cabello - Injerto Capilar FUE en España”, in Medican Clinics:
    Trasplante de cabello o injerto capilar FUE en España con clínicas en Barcelona y Málaga por 2.995 € hasta 4.500 folículos
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