libélula

See also: libelulă

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lībellula, diminutive form of lībella (“balance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈbɛlula/ [liˈβ̞ɛ.lu.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛlula

Noun

libélula f (plural libélulas)

1. dragonfly

   Synonyms: cabalo do demo, libeliña

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin libellula.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈbɛ.lu.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈbɛ.lu.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /liˈbɛ.lu.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈbɛ.lu.lɐ/ [liˈβɛ.lu.lɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛlulɐ
• Hyphenation: li‧bé‧lu‧la

Noun

libélula f (plural libélulas)

1. dragonfly

   Synonym: libelinha

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin lībellula, diminutive form of Latin lībella (“balance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈbelula/ [liˈβ̞e.lu.la]
• Rhymes: -elula
• Syllabification: li‧bé‧lu‧la

Noun

libélula f (plural libélulas)

1. dragonfly

   Synonym: (Canarian) folelé

Related terms

• nivel

 

Further reading

• “libélula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16