cabedelo

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin capitellum. Doublet of coudel, capitel, caudilho, capitelo, and cadete.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.beˈdɛ.lu/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.bɨˈdɛ.lu/ [kɐ.βɨˈðɛ.lu]

Noun

cabedelo m (plural cabedelos)

1. (geography) mouth bar (sediment deposit in a river delta)

Further reading

• “cabedelo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cabedelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025