rabiola
Portuguese
Etymology
From rabo (“tail”) + -i- + -ola.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.biˈɔ.lɐ/ [ha.bɪˈɔ.lɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁa.biˈɔ.lɐ/ [χa.bɪˈɔ.lɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁa.biˈɔ.la/ [ha.bɪˈɔ.la]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐ.biˈɔ.lɐ/ [ʁɐ.βiˈɔ.lɐ]
- Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
- Hyphenation: ra‧bi‧o‧la
Noun
rabiola f (plural rabiolas)
- (Brazil) tape or strip of paper placed at the end of the kite (toy) and used to stabilize it in the air
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rabiola”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “rabiola”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025