abeto

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeto/ [aˈβ̞e.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: a‧be‧to

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese abete (“lure”), probably from Old French abeter or from Old Occitan abetar, from Proto-Germanic *baitō.

Noun

abeto m (plural abetos)

1. lure; trick

Derived terms

• facer abeto (“to lure”)

Related terms

• abetar

Etymology 2

From Spanish abeto.

Noun

abeto m (plural abetos)

1. fir, fir tree

   Synonym: pinabete

2. spruce

Etymology 3

Verb

abeto

1. first-person singular present indicative of abetar

References

• “abete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “abete” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “abeto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abeto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abeto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbe.to/
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: a‧bé‧to

Noun

abeto m (plural abeti)

1. Alternative form of abete (“fir, fir tree”)

Anagrams

• beato, beota

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• abete (obsolete or regional)

Etymology

From Spanish abeto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɛ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɛ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈbɛ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbɛ.tu/ [ɐˈβɛ.tu]

• Rhymes: -ɛtu
• Hyphenation: a‧be‧to

Noun

abeto m (plural abetos)

1. fir (any conifer tree of the genus Abies)

Further reading

• “abeto” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “abeto” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “abeto” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “abeto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “abeto” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “abeto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• abete (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Aragonese abet or Catalan avet, both from Vulgar Latin *abētem, from Classical Latin abietem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbeto/ [aˈβ̞e.t̪o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: a‧be‧to

Noun

abeto m (plural abetos)

1. fir

Derived terms

• abetal
• abeto alpino
• abeto de Douglas
• abeto del Cáucaso

 

Descendants

• → Asturian: abetu
• → Galician: abeto
• → Portuguese: abeto

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “abeto”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 14

Further reading

• “abeto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• abeto on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abeto, from Aragonese abet or Catalan avet, both from Vulgar Latin *abētem, from Latin abietem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbeto/ [ʔɐˈbɛ.to]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: a‧be‧to

Noun

abeto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜆᜓ) (botany)

1. fir

Further reading

• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 2