zulo

From Proto-Basque *zuLo.

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• Rhymes: -ulo, -o
• Hyphenation: zu‧lo

zulo inan

1. hole
2. pit
3. den, hiding place
4. (colloquial) grave
5. (colloquial) prison
6. (military) silo

• → Spanish: zulo (see there for further descendants)
• →? Spanish: silo (see there for further descendants)

• “zulo”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “zulo”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• IPA^(key): [ˈzulo]

zulo

1. neuter singular past active participle of zout

Borrowed from Spanish zulo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzulo/

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• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: zu‧lo

zulo (accusative singular zulon, plural zuloj, accusative plural zulojn)

1. (neologism) cache, hiding place

   Synonyms: kaŝejo, kaŝangulo

   • 1993, Jorge Camacho, La Majstro kaj Martinelli:

     […] aspektis nude kiel orfa lokalo kaj friske kiel kripta zulo.

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• Hyphenation: zu‧lo

zulo m or f by sense (plural zulos)

1. uncommon form of zulu

zulo m or f (plural zulos)

1. uncommon form of zulu

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

Borrowed from Basque zulo (“hole”). Possible doublet of silo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθulo/ [ˈθu.lo] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsulo/ [ˈsu.lo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: zu‧lo

zulo m (plural zulos)

1. (Spain) cache, hiding place
   • 2011, Natascha Kampusch, 3.096 días, Aguilar, →ISBN:

     Estaba enterrada en hormigón. Encerrada en un zulo hermético. El secuestrador volvió a advertirme de las trampas explosivas, de las alarmas, de los cables por los que llevaba la electricidad hasta mi refugio.

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• → Esperanto: zulo

• “zulo”, 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