pelo.
hair (filament which grows on the skin of mammals), except hair on top of humans’ heads, which is called cabelo
Meaning & usage
hair (filament which grows on the skin of mammals), except hair on top of humans’ heads, which is called cabelo
O adolescente ficou feliz quando viu nascer os primeiros pelos do seu bigode.
hair; fur (an animal’s hair as a whole)
Preciso cortar o pelo do meu gato.
any filament which grows on plants and non-mammals
Pelos de tarântula.
Não toques no pelo de uma urtiga.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pelo, from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-. The retention of single Latin /l/ in intervocalic position is irregular and may be the product of analogy with the near-synonym cabelo < Latin capillus.
contraction of por + o; by the; for the; through the
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pello, from Vulgar Latin *per (“by; through”) + *lo (“the”).
first-person singular present indicative of pelar
Where this word comes from
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