# cabelo
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabelo (“hair”), from Latin capillus (“hair”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaˈbɛlo/ [kɑˈβ̞ɛ.lʊ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlo

### Noun

cabelo m (plural cabelos)
* hair (individual strand)
** c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 96:
    Et avia os cabelos da cabeça et da barba vermellosAnd the hairs of his head and of his beard were red
    Synonym: pelo
* hair; head of hair
** 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 453:El rrey Príamos era forte caualeyro et de forte coraçõ et moy duro et sen medo a sua gisa, mays pero, poys que esto oýo dizer, fóysselle alçãdo o cabelo, et fóysselle tomãdo hũ frío, et ouuo grã dulta et grã pauor de Éytorking Priam was a strong knight and had a strong heart and was very hard and fearless in his own way; but, as soon as he heard this, his hair raised, and a cold spree took him, and had a big fear and a big fright of Hector
    Synonym: pelo

#### Derived terms

* en cabelo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cabelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cabelo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabelo (“hair”), from Latin capillus (“hair”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈbe.lu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaˈbe.lu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaˈbe.lo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈbe.lu/ [kɐˈβe.lu]
* Hyphenation: ca‧be‧lo

### Noun

cabelo m (plural cabelos)
* hair, head of hair
    O cabelo dela era louro.Her hair colour was blonde.
* hair (a single hair filament)
    Synonym: fio (de cabelo)
    Há um cabelo na minha sopa!There's a hair in my soup!

#### Usage notes

Cabelo is used for hair that grows on a person’s scalp. Hair that grows on other parts of the skin is pelo.

#### Derived terms

* cabeleira
* cabeleireiro
* cabeleiro
* cabeludo

#### Descendants

* Guinea-Bissau Creole: kabelu
* Kabuverdianu: kabelu
* Kristang: kabelu

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Verb

cabelo
* second-person singular voseo imperative of caber combined with lo