eslavo

eslavo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Slavus, from Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), which see for more. Doublet of escravo, esloveno, esclavão/ eslavão, and tchau/ chau.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈla.vu/, /ezˈla.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /izˈla.vu/, /ezˈla.vu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʒˈla.vu/, /eʒˈla.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ezˈla.vo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒˈla.vu/

• Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu
• Hyphenation: es‧la‧vo

Noun

eslavo m (plural eslavos, feminine eslava, feminine plural eslavas)

1. Slav (member of the Slavic people)

Alternative forms

• slavo (obsolete)

Noun

eslavo m (plural eslavos)

1. Synonym of eslávico

Derived terms

• eslavismo
• eslavo antigo
• eslavo litúrgico
• protoeslavo

Related terms

• jugoslavo

Adjective

eslavo (feminine eslava, masculine plural eslavos, feminine plural eslavas)

1. Synonym of eslávico

Derived terms

• eslavista
• eslavizar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Slavus, from Sclavus, from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos), which see for more. Doublet of esclavo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈlabo/ [esˈla.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -abo
• Syllabification: es‧la‧vo

Adjective

eslavo (feminine eslava, masculine plural eslavos, feminine plural eslavas)

1. Slavic

Noun

eslavo m (plural eslavos, feminine eslava, feminine plural eslavas)

1. Slav (person)

Noun

eslavo m (plural eslavos)

1. Slav (language)

See also

• esclavo

Further reading

• “eslavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014