bello
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian bello (“man; fella”). Doublet of beau.
Noun
[edit]bello (plural bellos)
- A young man; sweetheart.
Anagrams
[edit]Interlingua
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]bello
Synonyms
[edit]Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bello (see below for inflection, superlative bellissimo, augmentative bellòccio or bellóne (noun) or bellóna f (“beautiful but common woman”, noun), endearing bellùccio, diminutive-endearing bellìno)
- nice, fair, fine, pleasant; beautiful (of the weather, etc.)
- Che bello! ― How nice!
- una bella giornata ― a beautiful day
- good-looking, handsome; beautiful (of a person)
- considerable (quantity)
- used to emphasize the size, quantity, degree, or extent
- Dammi una fetta bella spessa! ― Give me a nice thick slice!
- good
- Synonym: buono
- un bel lavoro ― a good job
Inflection
[edit]| Not before the noun |
Before the noun | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before most consonants |
Before impure s, gli, gn, pn, ps, x, z |
Before vowels and h | ||
| Masculine singular |
bello | bel | bello | bell’ |
| Feminine singular |
bella | |||
| Masculine plural |
belli | bei | begli | |
| Feminine plural |
belle | |||
Derived terms
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[edit]Noun
[edit]bello m (invariable)
- beauty
- il bello nell’arte ― beauty in art
- (weather) fair-weather
- Synonym: sereno
- Domani riprenderà il bello (i.e. bel tempo)? ― Will tomorrow be back the good weather?
- (informal) man, fella
- Dai, andiamo, bello! ― C'mon, let's go, fella!
- Allora, bello, da dove è che vieni? ― So, man, where do you come from?
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbel.loː/, [ˈbɛlːʲoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbel.lo/, [ˈbɛlːo]
Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]bellō (present infinitive bellāre, perfect active bellāvī, supine bellātum); first conjugation, no passive
Conjugation
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[edit]- Asturian: embellar
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]bellō n
Etymology 3
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bellō
References
[edit]- “bello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to charge some one with the conduct of a war: praeficere aliquem bello gerendo
- (ambiguous) to interfere in a war: bello se interponere (Liv. 35. 48)
- (ambiguous) to be involved in a war: bello implicari
- (ambiguous) everywhere the torch of war is flaming: omnia bello flagrant or ardent (Fam. 4. 1. 2)
- (ambiguous) to harass with war: bello persequi aliquem, lacessere
- (ambiguous) to charge some one with the conduct of a war: praeficere aliquem bello gerendo
Portuguese
[edit]Adjective
[edit]bello (feminine bella, masculine plural bellos, feminine plural bellas)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish bello, in turn a borrowing from Old Occitan bel, bell, from Latin bellus. According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in the early 13th century, but not in the Poem of the Cid nor pre-literary Castilian. Part of the evidence for it being a borrowing is the lack of diphthongization, cf. Old Spanish castiello, amariello. The native Old Spanish terms were bellido and fermoso.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]bello (feminine bella, masculine plural bellos, feminine plural bellas, superlative bellísimo)
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “bello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “bello”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, pages 562-3
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