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quilo

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See also: quilo-

Catalan

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Etymology

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Clipping of quilogram.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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quilo m (plural quilos)

  1. kilo (kilogram)
    Synonym: quilogram

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Galician

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Etymology

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Clipping of quilogramo.

Noun

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quilo m (plural quilos)

  1. kilo (kilogram)
    Synonym: quilogramo

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ilu
  • Hyphenation: qui‧lo

Etymology 1

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Clipping of quilograma.

Noun

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quilo m (plural quilos)

  1. kilo (kilogram)
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Kadiwéu: ciilo
  • Tetum: kilu

Etymology 2

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From Latin chylus, from Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, animal or plant juice).

Noun

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quilo m (plural quilos)

  1. chyle (digestive fluid)

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Spanish

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of quilogramo.

Noun

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quilo m (plural quilos)

  1. Alternative form of kilo

Etymology 2

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Late Latin chȳlus, from Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, animal or plant juice).

Noun

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quilo m (uncountable)

  1. chyle

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Mapudungun [Term?]

Noun

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quilo m (plural quilos)

  1. (Chile) Muehlenbeckia hastulata, a climbing plant.
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 331:
      Para que el cabello crezca hermoso, es bueno hacerlo cortar, en la mañana de San Jan, por la mano «de un Juan que esté creciendo» (es decir, de un niño que se llama Juan), y enterrarlo en seguida al pie de una mata de quilo, arbusto de crecimiento muy rápido.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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