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bello

See also: béllo, Bello, and Bellò

English

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Etymology

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From Italian bello (“man; fella”). Doublet of beau.

Noun

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bello (plural bellos)

  1. A young man; sweetheart.

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Interlingua

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Etymology

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From Latin bellum.

Noun

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bello

  1. war

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Italian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin bellus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛl.lo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛllo
  • Hyphenation: bèl‧lo

Adjective

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bello (see below for inflection, superlative bellissimo, augmentative bellòccio or bellóne or bellóna f, endearing bellùccio, diminutive-endearing bellìno)

  1. nice, fair, fine, pleasant; beautiful (of the weather, etc.)
    Che bello! ― How nice!
    una bella giornata ― a beautiful day
  2. good-looking, handsome; beautiful (of a person)
  3. considerable (quantity)
    Synonyms: grande, grosso, forte
    una bella somma ― a considerable amount
  4. used to emphasize the size, quantity, degree, or extent
    Dammi una fetta bella spessa! ― Give me a nice thick slice!
  5. good
    Synonym: buono
    un bel lavoro ― a good job

Inflection

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Not before
the noun		 Before the noun
Before most
consonants		 Before impure s,
gli, gn, pn, ps, x, z		 Before
vowels and h
Masculine
singular 		bello bel bello bell’
Feminine
singular 		bella
Masculine
plural 		belli bei begli
Feminine
plural 		belle


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Noun

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bello m (invariable)

  1. beauty
    il bello nell’arte ― beauty in art
  2. (weather) fair-weather
    Synonym: sereno
    Domani riprenderà il bello (i.e. bel tempo)? ― Will tomorrow be back the good weather?
  3. (informal) man, fella
    Dai, andiamo, bello! ― C'mon, let's go, fella!
    Allora, bello, da dove è che vieni? ― So, man, where do you come from?

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From bellum (“war”) +‎ -ō.

Verb

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bellō (present infinitive bellāre, perfect active bellāvī, supine bellātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. to wage or carry out war, fight in war, war
  2. (by extension) to fight, contend
    Synonyms: lūctor, repugnō, pugnō, contendō, dēcernō, concurrō, certō, dīmicō, cōnflīgō, committō, serō, dēcertō
Conjugation
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   Conjugation of bellō (first conjugation, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present bellō bellās bellat bellāmus bellātis bellant
imperfect bellābam bellābās bellābat bellābāmus bellābātis bellābant
future bellābō bellābis bellābit bellābimus bellābitis bellābunt
perfect bellāvī bellāvistī bellāvit bellāvimus bellāvistis bellāvērunt,
bellāvēre
pluperfect bellāveram bellāverās bellāverat bellāverāmus bellāverātis bellāverant
future perfect bellāverō bellāveris bellāverit bellāverimus bellāveritis bellāverint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present bellem bellēs bellet bellēmus bellētis bellent
imperfect bellārem bellārēs bellāret bellārēmus bellārētis bellārent
perfect bellāverim bellāverīs bellāverit bellāverīmus bellāverītis bellāverint
pluperfect bellāvissem bellāvissēs bellāvisset bellāvissēmus bellāvissētis bellāvissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — bellā — — bellāte —
future — bellātō bellātō — bellātōte bellantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives bellāre bellāvisse bellātūrum esse — — —
participles bellāns — bellātūrus — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
bellandī bellandō bellandum bellandō bellātum bellātū
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  • Asturian: embellar

Etymology 2

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Noun

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bellō n

  1. dative/ablative singular of bellum (“war”)

Etymology 3

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Adjective

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bellō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of bellus

References

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  • “bello”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “bello”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bello in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to charge some one with the conduct of a war: praeficere aliquem bello gerendo
    • (ambiguous) to interfere in a war: bello se interponere (Liv. 35. 48)
    • (ambiguous) to be involved in a war: bello implicari
    • (ambiguous) everywhere the torch of war is flaming: omnia bello flagrant or ardent (Fam. 4. 1. 2)
    • (ambiguous) to harass with war: bello persequi aliquem, lacessere

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Adjective

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bello (feminine bella, masculine plural bellos, feminine plural bellas)

  1. Obsolete spelling of belo.

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish bello, in turn a borrowing from Old Occitan bel, bell, from Latin bellus. According to Coromines and Pascual, first attested in the early 13th century, but not in the Poem of the Cid nor pre-literary Castilian. Part of the evidence for it being a borrowing is the lack of diphthongization, cf. Old Spanish castiello, amariello. The native Old Spanish terms were bellido and fermoso.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈbeʝo/ [ˈbe.ʝo]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈbeʎo/ [ˈbe.ʎo]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈbeʃo/ [ˈbe.ʃo]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈbeʒo/ [ˈbe.ʒo]

 

Adjective

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bello (feminine bella, masculine plural bellos, feminine plural bellas, superlative bellísimo)

  1. beautiful, fair
  2. lovely (wonderful)

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