noun, masculine/boˈkablo/plural: vocablos
word, term
“Perico el bailarín, aunque brasilero, hablaba sin dificultad el idioma de los criollos, bien que comúnmente le hacía gracia expresarse en una jerga especial, mezclando en sus dichos y conversaciones vocablos portugueses.” — Despite being Brazilian, the dancer Perico spoke with ease the language of the creoles; however, he often entertained himself by employing a special jargon studded with Portuguese words in his sayings and conversations.
Synonyms: palabra, término, voz
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin voc(ā) Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Latin -bulum Latin vocābulumlbor. Spanish vocablo Learned borrowing from Latin vocābulum.