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selo.

seal (e.g., on a document)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈse.lu/Brazil/ˈse.lu/Portugal
  1. seal (e.g., on a document)

    masculine
  2. stamp (paper used to pay postage)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese seello, from Latin sigillum, diminutive of signum. Doublet of sigilo, a learned borrowing. Cognate with Galician selo and Spanish sello.

verb/ˈsɛ.lu/Brazil/ˈsɛ.lu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of selar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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