miolo

Catalan

Verb

miolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of miolar

Galician

FWOTD – 3 March 2018

Alternative forms

• meolo, molo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meolo, from Late Latin *medullum, from Latin medulla. Doublet of medula.

Compare Spanish meollo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjolo/ [ˈmjo.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -olo

Noun

miolo m (plural miolos)

1. crumb, soft part (of bread etc)

   Synonyms: miga, rafa

2. marrow

   Synonyms: medula, miolo dos ósos

3. core or kernel (usually soft)

   Synonyms: cerna, núcleo (usually hard)

4. (colloquial, in the plural) brains

   Synonym: cerebro

   • 1822, anonymous author, A Parola Polêteca:

     En escoitalo, señor tio Calacú, xà o peléxo do meu corpo tembra. Sei que á tanta agua que acarrexóu amolentoulle os miolos, é por eso louquéa

     While listening to you, my sir uncle Pumpkin, my body's skin trembles. Perhaps the much water you have carried softened you brains, and therefore you are going insane

5. (figuratively) judgement, reason

Related terms

• miolo dos ósos (“marrow”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “miolo”, 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), “miolo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “miolo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “miolo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese meolo, from Late Latin *medullum, from Latin medulla.. Doublet of medula

Compare Spanish meollo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈo.lu/ [mɪˈo.lu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmjo.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈo.lu/ [mɪˈo.lu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmjo.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈo.lo/ [mɪˈo.lo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈmjo.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmjo.lu/

• Rhymes: -olu
• Hyphenation: mi‧o‧lo

Noun

miolo m (plural miolos, metaphonic)

1. crumb; soft part (of bread etc)
2. marrow
3. (botany) core; kernel (of a fruit)
4. (figuratively) core; kernel; essence (the most important part of a thing)
5. (figuratively) the center; the interior
6. (colloquial, in the plural) brain

   Synonym: cérebro

7. (figuratively) judgement, reason
8. (Azores, Alentejo, Madeira, chiefly in the plural) crumbs

References

• “miolo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “miolo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “miolo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025