duelo

From Italian duello.

duelo

1. Alternative spelling of duello

• loude

• IPA^(key): /duˈelo/

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• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: du‧e‧lo

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

1. duel

duelo (plural dueli)

1. duel

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu͡elo/

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

     [Oyó esto el pueblo e ovo grande duelo, e non se quiso guarnir de su vestir. Dixo nuestro Sennor a Moysen “Di-les que se guarnescan e yo sabré que les faré.” Prisieron fijos de Israel so guarnimiento de monte 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].

• dolor

• Spanish: duelo

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duelo m (plural duelos)

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

• duelar
• duelista

duelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of duelar

• “duelo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “duelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

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

duelo m (plural duelos)

1. sorrow

   Synonym: tristeza

2. mourning

   Synonym: luto

Borrowed from Latin duellum (“war”).

duelo m (plural duelos)

1. duel

duelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of doler

duelo

1. first-person singular present indicative of dolar

• “duelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025