belo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "belo"

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from French vélo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbeːlo/

Noun

belo f (plural beloioù)

1. bicycle

Synonyms

• marc'h-houarn

Mutation

Mutation of belo

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	belo	velo	unchanged	pelo
plural	beloioù	veloioù	unchanged	peloioù

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛ.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbɛ.lo]

Verb

belo

1. first-person singular present indicative of belar

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish velo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbelo/ [ˈbe.l̪o]
• Hyphenation: be‧lo

Noun

bélo (Basahan spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

1. veil

   Synonym: sakbod

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbelo/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: be‧lo

Noun

belo (uncountable, accusative belon)

1. beauty

   Synonym: beleco

   Antonym: malbelo

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from English bell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beːloː/

Noun

belo

1. work break

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bel, bela; borrowed from Old Occitan bel, from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛlʊ, -ɛlo
• Hyphenation: be‧lo

Adjective

belo (feminine bela, masculine plural belos, feminine plural belas)

1. (literary) beautiful

   Synonyms: fermoso, guapo

   Son merecentes dun belo poema.

   They deserve a beautiful poem.

Further reading

• “belo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “bel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “belo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “belo”, 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), “belo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɛlo
• Hyphenation: bè‧lo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from belare (“to bleat”) +‎ -o.

Noun

belo m (plural beli)

1. (literary) bleat (cry of a sheep or a goat)

   Synonym: belato

Related terms

• belare
• belato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

belo

1. first-person singular present indicative of belare

Further reading

• belo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bel, from Latin bellus, from Proto-Indo-European *dw-ene-, adverbial form of *deu- (“to do, perform, revere, show favor”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.lu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: be‧lo

Adjective

belo (feminine bela, masculine plural belos, feminine plural belas, comparable, comparative mais belo, superlative o mais belo or belíssimo)

1. beautiful; attractive (having beauty)
   • 2014, Augusto Boal, Hamlet e o filho do padeiro: Memórias imaginadas, Editora Cosac Naify, →ISBN, page 217:

     Um poeta pode acordar no meio da noite e escrever belo poema — basta inspiração! Um pintor pintar um quadro em minutos ou anos, como sentir melhor. Mas artistas de artes coletivas não podem convocar espectadores às três da madrugada, alegando que só nesse momento sentem que baixou o santo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O romance de Adelina [Adelina’s romance]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 131:

     Sabes quem são os meus mestres do bom e do bello?

     Do you know who are my teachers of the good and the beautiful?

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

belo (Cyrillic spelling бело)

1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular of beo

Sundanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese bĕlo (“foal”)

Noun

belo (Sundanese script ᮘᮨᮜᮧ)

1. foal (young horse)
2. (lauk ~) a kind of saltwater fish (possibly Nematalosa nasus)

Usage notes

• The word refers to young horses in general. In relation to its sire or dam, the foal is referred to as anak.

Further reading

• "belo" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish velo, from Old Spanish velo, from Latin vēlum.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbelo/ [ˈbɛː.lo]
• Rhymes: -elo
• Syllabification: be‧lo

Noun

belo (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜎᜓ)

1. veil; head covering

   Synonyms: kulubong, pandong

Derived terms

• magbelo

Further reading

• “belo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “belo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbe.lo]

Noun

belo

1. pole, post

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tetum

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

belo

1. to lick

Further reading

• Fransiskus Monteiro (1985), Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bellow (horns signifying midday).

Noun

belo

1. noon

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly related to belu (“to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbe.l̪o/

Noun

belo

1. the tongue

   Synonym: belubelu

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics