duelo

English

Etymology

From Italian duello.

Noun

duelo

1. (obsolete) a duel
2. (obsolete) the rules of dueling

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “duelo”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• loude

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [duˈelo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Hyphenation: du‧e‧lo

Noun

duelo (accusative singular duelon, plural dueloj, accusative plural duelojn)

1. duel

Ido

Noun

duelo (plural dueli)

1. duel

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin dolus. Related to Latin dolor (“pain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdwelo/

Noun

duelo m (plural duelos)

1. sorrow, mourning
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 20v:

     Oyo eſto eſto el pueblo e ou gñde duelo enõ ſe q̃ſo guarnir deſu ueſtir. dixo nr̃o ſeñor amoẏſẽ diles q̃ ſe guarneſcã eẏo ſabre q̃ leſ fare. priſierõ fiios de iſrɫ. ſo guarnimiẽto de mõte oreb

     The people heard this and there was great mourning, and they did not want to adorn their dress. [For] Our Lord said to Moses, “Tell them to adorn themselves and I will know what I will do to them.” [So] the children of Israel took off their ornaments from Mount Horeb [onward].

Related terms

• dolor

Descendants

• Spanish: duelo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /duˈɛ.lu/ [dʊˈɛ.lu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /duˈɛ.lu/ [dʊˈɛ.lu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /duˈɛ.lo/ [dʊˈɛ.lo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdwɛ.lu/

Etymology 1

Noun

duelo m (plural duelos)

1. duel (combat between two persons)
2. duel (struggle between two parties)

Derived terms

• duelar
• duelista

Etymology 2

Verb

duelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of duelar

Further reading

• “duelo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdwelo/ [ˈd̪we.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: due‧lo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish duelo, from Late Latin dolus, a derivative of Latin dolor. Compare Portuguese dó, Catalan dol, French deuil, Italian duolo.

Noun

duelo m (plural duelos)

1. sorrow

   Synonym: tristeza

2. mourning

   Synonym: luto

Related terms

• doler
• dolor

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin duellum (“war”).

Noun

duelo m (plural duelos)

1. duel

Derived terms

• duelista

 

Etymology 3

Verb

duelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of doler

Etymology 4

Verb

duelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of dolar

Further reading

• “duelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014