violoncelo

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === violoncello (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian violoncello (“cello”), from violone (“violone”) + -cello. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: vi‧o‧lon‧se‧lo === Noun === violoncelo m (plural violoncelos) cello (musical instrument) ==== Related terms ==== viola violão violino violoncelista violoncelístico === Further reading === “violoncelo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “violoncelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Noun === violoncelo m (plural violoncelos) alternative form of violonchelo === Further reading === “violoncelo”, 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