óbolo

See also: obolo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• óbulo (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós), from ὀβελός (obelós, “spit, rod”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bo.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bo.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bo.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bu.lu/ [ˈɔ.βu.lu]

• Hyphenation: ó‧bo‧lo

Noun

óbolo m (plural óbolos)

1. obolus (silver coin)
2. (figuratively) alms (donation of little value, given to the poor)
3. (mathematics) unit of weight that is approximately equivalent to 0.72 grams
4. Charon's obol (a coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈobolo/ [ˈo.β̞o.lo]
• Rhymes: -obolo
• Syllabification: ó‧bo‧lo

Noun

óbolo m (plural óbolos)

1. obolus
2. mite; couple of pennies

Further reading

• “óbolo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28