cabello

== Old Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin capillum, accusative of capillus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈbeʎo/ Hyphenation: ca‧bel‧lo === Noun === cabello m (plural cabellos) (usually in the plural, anatomy) hair ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: cabello == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish cabello, from Latin capillus (whence English capillary). Compare Galician cabelo, Portuguese cabelo. === Pronunciation === Syllabification: ca‧be‧llo === Noun === cabello m (plural cabellos) (in colloquial usage more common in Latin America) (uncountable unless referring to hair on multiple heads, etc.) hair (mass of hairs) Synonym: pelo (countable) hair strand Synonym: pelo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “cabello”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025