The Portuguese word for hair is
cabelo
Gender
The gender of cabelo is masculine. E.g. o cabelo.Plural
The plural of cabelo is cabelos.Portuguese Definition
| hair | |
| 1. Substantivo. cabelo |
Translations for hair and their definitions
| cabelo | |
| 1. n-m. hair, head of hair | |
| O cabelo dela era louro. (Her hair colour was blonde.) | |
| 2. n-m. hair (a single hair filament) | |
| Há um cabelo na minha sopa! (There's a hair in my soup!) |
| pelo | |
| 1. n-m. hair (filament which grows on the skin of mammals), except hair on top of humans’ heads, which is called cabelo | |
| O adolescente ficou feliz quando viu nascer os primeiros pelos do seu bigode. - The teenager was happy when he saw the first hairs of his moustache emerging. | |
| 2. n-m. hair (an animal’s hair as a whole) | |
| Preciso cortar o pelo do meu gato. - I need to cut my cat’s hair. | |
| 3. n-m. (by extension) any filament which grows on plants and non-mammals | |
| Pelos de tarântula. - Tarantula hair. | |
| Não toques o pelo de uma urtiga. - Don’t touch a nettle’s hair. | |
| 4. v. verb form of pelar |
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