cabeludo

• capeludo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cabeludo, from Vulgar Latin *capillūtus. By surface analysis, cabelo (“hair”) +‎ -udo.

• IPA^(key): /kabeˈludo/ [kɑ.β̞eˈlu.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -udo

cabeludo (feminine cabeluda, masculine plural cabeludos, feminine plural cabeludas)

1. hairy

   Synonym: peludo

2. long-haired

   Synonyms: greñudo, melenudo

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “cabeludo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “cabeludo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabeludo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cabeludo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cabeludo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• cabelludo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *capillūtus. By surface analysis, cabelo (“hair”) +‎ -udo.

cabeludo (plural cabeludos, feminine cabeluda, feminine plural cabeludas)

1. hairy (having a lot of hair)
   • 13th century, Pero Garcia Burgalês, Maria Negra ui eu en outro dia; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 1382:

     Dixilheu hume dela ptia / Eſſe ſinal e ſuſona moleyra / E diſſemela daqueſta maneyra / Comeu auos direy e foyſa uya / Eſte ſinal ſe deus my pdom / E negro ben come huu caruon / E cabeludo aderredor da caldeira

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   • 13th century, Caldeirom, Ũa donzela coitando; republished as Angelo Colocci, compiler, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, Italy, c. 1525–1526, cantiga 1619:

     Cobrancelhas mesturadas / Grandes & mui cabeludas / Sobre lhos olhos meriudas / & as cedas pendoradas / & mui grãdes p boa fe / ha hũ palme meio nõ pe / & no cos tres polegadas

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   • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, “Das feỹturas do ſſagitario” (chapter 174), in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, page 75r:

     Ca el nõ andaua ueſtido maỹs todo era cabeludo cõmo beſta.

     Because it didn't use clothes, but was all hairy like a beast.

• Galician: cabeludo
• Portuguese: cabeludo

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “cabeludo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “cabeludo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2025), “cabeludo”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025), “cabeludo”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cabeludo, from Vulgar Latin *capillūtus. By surface analysis, cabelo (“hair”) +‎ -udo. Compare Spanish cabelludo, Italian capelluto and French chevelu.

• Rhymes: -udu
• Hyphenation: ca‧be‧lu‧do

cabeludo (feminine cabeluda, masculine plural cabeludos, feminine plural cabeludas)

1. hairy, long-haired (having a lot of hair)
2. furry
3. (Brazil, colloquial) hairy (difficult, complex, intricate, or intimidating)

   problema cabeludo ― hairy problem

4. (Brazil, colloquial) exaggerated; far-fetched
5. (Brazil, colloquial) immoral

• “cabeludo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cabeludo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025