# asilo
## Hiligaynon
### Etymology

From Spanish asilo, from Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).

### Noun

asílo
* asylum, protection, shelter, refuge

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈzi.lo/
* Rhymes: -ilo
* Hyphenation: a‧sì‧lo

### Noun

asilo m (plural asili)
* (education) nursery, nursery school
    Synonyms: nido, scuola materna, scuola dell'infanzia
* (politics) asylum
* shelter, refuge
    Synonym: rifugio

### Further reading

* asilo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Aliso, asoli, isola, solai

## Latin
### Noun

asīlō
* dative/ablative singular of asīlus

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin asȳlum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈzi.lu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /aˈzi.lu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aˈzi.lo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐˈzi.lu/
* Hyphenation: a‧si‧lo

#### Noun

asilo m (plural asilos)
* asylum
* refuge, shelter
* old people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers)
* old people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers)

##### Derived terms

* asilar

#### Further reading

* “asilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

asilo
* first-person singular present indicative of asilar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈsilo/ [aˈsi.lo]
* Rhymes: -ilo
* Syllabification: a‧si‧lo

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).

#### Noun

asilo m (plural asilos)
* shelter, refuge
* asylum (home)
* asylum (political asylum)
    Synonym: asilo político
* (usually derogatory) old people's home, rest home, nursing home (a place of residence for people who require assistance from carers)
    Synonyms: residencia, residencia de mayores, residencia de ancianos
* (usually derogatory) old people's home, retirement village, retirement home, residence for the elderly (a place of residence for people who require little or no assistance from carers)
    Synonyms: residencia, residencia de mayores, residencia de ancianos

##### Derived terms

* asilar
* asilo de ancianos
* asilo nocturno
* asilo político
* derecho de asilo

##### Descendants

* → Hiligaynon: asilo

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

asilo
* first-person singular present indicative of asilar

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

asilo
* second-person singular voseo imperative of asir combined with lo

### Further reading

* “asilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish asilo, from Latin asylum, from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ʔaˈsilo/ [ʔɐˈsiː.lo]
*** Rhymes: -ilo
*** Homophone: asilo
** IPA: /ˈʔasilo/ [ˌʔaː.sɪˈlo]
*** Rhymes: -asilo
* Syllabification: a‧si‧lo

### Noun

asilo or ásiló (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐᜒᜎᜓ)
* asylum; refuge

#### See also

* ampunan
* ospisyo

### Further reading

* “asilo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018