adelo
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Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic الدَلَّال (ad-dallāl, “auctioneer”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: a‧de‧lo
Noun
[edit]adelo m (plural adelos, feminine adela, feminine plural adelas)
- thrift shop (shop which sells used goods)
- Synonym: (Brazil) brechó
- a secondhand dealer
References
[edit]- ^ “adelo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “adelo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Volapük
[edit]Adverb
[edit]adelo
- today
- 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:
- If nu God klotom so yebi fela, kel nog dabinon adelo, e pojedon odelo ini furnod, no odunom-li mu mödikumo osi kol ols?
- Now if that is how God clothes the wild flowers growing in the field which are there today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, will he not much more look after you?