pupilo

Compare French pupille.

• IPA^(key): /puˈpilo/

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• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: pu‧pi‧lo

pupilo (accusative singular pupilon, plural pupiloj, accusative plural pupilojn)

1. (anatomy) pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)

Borrowed from Latin pupillus.

• Hyphenation: pu‧pi‧lo

pupilo m (plural pupilos, feminine pupila, feminine plural pupilas)

1. pupil (student under the supervision of a teacher or professor)

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

Borrowed from Latin pupillus.

• IPA^(key): /puˈpilo/ [puˈpi.lo]
• Rhymes: -ilo
• Syllabification: pu‧pi‧lo

pupilo m (plural pupilos)

1. orphan (in an orphanage)
2. houseguest, boarder
3. pupil

• “pupilo”, 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