quilo

See also: quilo-

Catalan

Etymology

Clipping of quilogram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈki.lu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈki.lo]

Noun

quilo m (plural quilos)

1. kilo (kilogram)

   Synonym: quilogram

Further reading

• “quilo”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Galician

Etymology

Clipping of quilogramo.

Noun

quilo m (plural quilos)

1. kilo (kilogram)

   Synonym: quilogramo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈki.lu/

• Rhymes: -ilu
• Hyphenation: qui‧lo

Etymology 1

Clipping of quilograma.

Noun

quilo m (plural quilos)

1. kilo (kilogram)

Derived terms

• quilinho

Descendants

• → Kadiwéu: ciilo
• → Tetum: kilu

Etymology 2

From Latin chylus, from Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, “animal or plant juice”).

Noun

quilo m (plural quilos)

1. chyle (digestive fluid)

Further reading

• “quilo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “quilo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

Etymology 1

Clipping of quilogramo.

Noun

quilo m (plural quilos)

1. Alternative form of kilo

Etymology 2

Late Latin chȳlus, from Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, “animal or plant juice”).

Noun

quilo m (uncountable)

1. chyle

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Mapudungun [Term?]

Noun

quilo m (plural quilos)

1. (Chile) Muehlenbeckia hastulata, a climbing plant.
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 331:

     Para que el cabello crezca hermoso, es bueno hacerlo cortar, en la mañana de San Jan, por la mano «de un Juan que esté creciendo» (es decir, de un niño que se llama Juan), y enterrarlo en seguida al pie de una mata de quilo, arbusto de crecimiento muy rápido.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “quilo”, 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