Jump to content

espólio

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Portuguese

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin spolium.[1][2]

Pronunciation

[edit]
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈpɔ.li.u/ [isˈpɔ.lɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /isˈpɔ.lju/, /esˈpɔ.li.u/ [esˈpɔ.lɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /esˈpɔ.lju/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈpɔ.li.u/ [iʃˈpɔ.lɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /iʃˈpɔ.lju/, /eʃˈpɔ.li.u/ [eʃˈpɔ.lɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /eʃˈpɔ.lju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈpɔ.li.o/ [esˈpɔ.lɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /esˈpɔ.ljo/

  • Hyphenation: es‧pó‧li‧o

Noun

[edit]

espólio m (plural espólios)

  1. booty; plunder; loot; spoil (goods taken from defeated enemies)
  2. estate; collection; legacy
    espólio artístico ― artistic legacy
    espólio fotográfico ― photographic archive

References

[edit]
  1. ^ “espólio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “espólio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=espólio&oldid=69575384"