rabelo

See also: Rabelo

Portuguese

Etymology

From rabo (“tail”) +‎ -elo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbe.lu/ [haˈbe.lu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbe.lu/ [χaˈbe.lu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbe.lo/ [haˈbe.lo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈbe.lu/ [ʁɐˈβe.lu]

Hyphenation: ra‧be‧lo

Noun

rabelo m (plural rabelos)

(nautical, Portugal, regional) a type of boat used on the river Douro
Synonym: rebelo

Further reading

Barco Rabelo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
“rabelo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“rabelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026