lobo

Alternative forms

• loafer (see that entry for more)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lobo (“wolf”). Doublet of lupus and wolf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈləʊbəʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊbəʊ

Noun

lobo (plural lobos)

1. (Southwestern US dialects) A wolf.
   • 1983, David Earl Brown, The Wolf in the Southwest: the making of an endangered species:

     We used to pay a $20.00 bounty a head on lobos for a good many years, but stopped it because it was abused. Lobo scalps from Arizona, [...]

   • 2001, Joseph A. West, Johnny Blue and the Hanging Judge, page 43:

     "That may be so," Donnelly allowed, "but there desperate men around these parts, especially wolfers who have been collecting bounties for lobo scalps since the big snows of the Hard Winter."

Anagrams

• BOLO, bloo, bolo, bool, loob, obol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlobo/ [ˈl̪o.bo]
• Hyphenation: lo‧bo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lobo.

Etymology 2

Etymology

From Latin lobus, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlobo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -obo
• Hyphenation: lo‧bo

Noun

lobo (accusative singular lobon, plural loboj, accusative plural lobojn)

1. (biology) lobe

Etymology

From Spanish lobo, from Old Spanish lobo, from Latin lupus.

Noun

lobo

1. wolf
   • 1975, Estado de México Otomi New Testament:

     Nu car ttömödi, ca jí̱ ʉ́r jmu̱ cʉ dɛjti, bbʉ ga jianti ya xpa e̱h car lobo, i jɛjti cʉ dɛjti, i ddajtjo. Car lobo ya, ba fonti cʉ dɛjti cja̱ ba tzʉh cʉ ddaa.

     But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus. Compare Portuguese and Spanish lobo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlobo/ [ˈlo.β̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -obo
• Hyphenation: lo‧bo

Noun

lobo m (plural lobos, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)

1. wolf

References

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

Noun

lobo (plural lobos)

1. lobe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.bo/
• Rhymes: -ɔbo
• Hyphenation: lò‧bo

Noun

lobo m (plural lobi)

1. (anatomy, botany, architecture) lobe

Anagrams

• bolo, oblò

Noun

lobō

1. dative/ablative singular of lobus

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lupus (“wolf”).

Noun

lobo m (plural lobos)

1. wolf

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "lobo"

Etymology

From Latin lupus.

Noun

lobo

1. wolf
   • c. 1260, Alfonso X, Livro de las legies:

     E con esta se asman las cosas natural- mientre quales son amigas o enemigas, magar no fuessen prouadas por assi cuemo el cordero que connosce al lobo por su enemigo, magar nunqua lo aya uisto.

     And with this things are naturally known as to whether they are friends or enemies, so that they are not tested like the lamb that meets the wolf for his enemy although he has never seen him.

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lobo, from Latin lupus (“wolf”), from an Oscan-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Galician and Spanish lobo. Doublet of lúpus, a borrowing.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from New Latin lobus, from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “earlobe”).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

lobo

1. that; class 14 distal demonstrative.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lupus, which was borrowed from an Oscan-Umbrian language, from Proto-Italic *lukʷos, metathesis of Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Doublet of lupus and Lope, the former a learned borrowing from Latin, the latter a proper name borrowed via Basque. Romance cognates include French loup, Italian lupo, Galician and Portuguese lobo, Romanian lup.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlobo/ [ˈlo.β̞o]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Audio (Peru):

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• Rhymes: -obo
• Syllabification: lo‧bo

Noun

lobo m (plural lobos, feminine loba, feminine plural lobas)

1. wolf
2. (Spain, dated) drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Further reading

• “lobo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• bolo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

lobo

1. that; class 14 distal demonstrative.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlobo/ [ˈloː.bo]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -obo
• Syllabification: lo‧bo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish lobo.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish globo with apheresis, from Latin globus. Doublet of globo.

Further reading

• “lobo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• Bool, loob, bolo, oblo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lóːɓo/

Pronoun

lobo

1. that; class 14 distal demonstrative.

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “loɓo”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “loɓo (3.9)”