"farol" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /faˈɾol/, [faˈɾol] Forms: faroles [plural]
Rhymes: -ol Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan farol, variant form of faró, from far (“lighthouse”) and the diminutive suffix -ó (corresponding to Spanish -ón). Ultimately from Latin pharus, from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros). Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|ca|farol}} Borrowed from Catalan farol, {{m+|es|-ón}} Spanish -ón, {{der|es|la|pharus}} Latin pharus, {{der|es|grc|Φάρος}} Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros) Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} farol m (plural faroles)
  1. lantern Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-farol-es-noun-xSILPEJm
  2. headlight (bike or automobile light) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-farol-es-noun-m3cm3PaK
  3. streetlamp Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-farol-es-noun-JG~Ocw13 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Light sources Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 74 3 15 Disambiguation of Light sources: 5 23 57 5 10
  4. lighthouse Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-farol-es-noun-s3DeFOlB
  5. bluff (act of bluffing) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-farol-es-noun-DnjKmQN4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adelante con los faroles Related terms: faro [masculine], farola [feminine]

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "adelante con los faroles"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "lang_code": "ceb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "parol"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Central Bikol",
      "lang_code": "bcl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "parol"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "lang_code": "pam",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "parul"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tausug",
      "lang_code": "tsg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "parul"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "farol",
      "farol#Catalan"
    ],
    [
      "faró",
      "faró#Catalan"
    ],
    [
      "far",
      "far#Catalan"
    ],
    [
      "-ó",
      "-ó#Catalan"
    ],
    [
      "-ón",
      "-ón#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "pharus",
      "pharus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "Φάρος",
      "Φάρος#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ca",
        "3": "farol"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Catalan farol",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "-ón"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish -ón",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pharus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pharus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Φάρος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Catalan farol, variant form of faró, from far (“lighthouse”) and the diminutive suffix -ó (corresponding to Spanish -ón). Ultimately from Latin pharus, from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "faroles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "farol m (plural faroles)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fa‧rol"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "fa‧rol"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "farola"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lantern"
      ],
      "id": "en-farol-es-noun-xSILPEJm",
      "links": [
        [
          "lantern",
          "lantern"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "headlight (bike or automobile light)"
      ],
      "id": "en-farol-es-noun-m3cm3PaK",
      "links": [
        [
          "headlight",
          "headlight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 6 74 3 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 23 57 5 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "es",
          "name": "Light sources",
          "orig": "es:Light sources",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "streetlamp"
      ],
      "id": "en-farol-es-noun-JG~Ocw13",
      "links": [
        [
          "streetlamp",
          "streetlamp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lighthouse"
      ],
      "id": "en-farol-es-noun-s3DeFOlB",
      "links": [
        [
          "lighthouse",
          "lighthouse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bluff (act of bluffing)"
      ],
      "id": "en-farol-es-noun-DnjKmQN4",
      "links": [
        [
          "bluff",
          "bluff"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/faˈɾol/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[faˈɾol]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "farol"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/ol",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/ol/2 syllables",
    "Spanish 2-syllable words",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms borrowed from Catalan",
    "Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Spanish terms derived from Catalan",
    "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish terms with audio pronunciation",
    "es:Light sources"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "adelante con los faroles"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "lang_code": "ceb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "parol"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Central Bikol",
      "lang_code": "bcl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "parol"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "lang_code": "pam",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "parul"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tausug",
      "lang_code": "tsg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "parul"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "farol",
      "farol#Catalan"
    ],
    [
      "faró",
      "faró#Catalan"
    ],
    [
      "far",
      "far#Catalan"
    ],
    [
      "-ó",
      "-ó#Catalan"
    ],
    [
      "-ón",
      "-ón#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "pharus",
      "pharus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "Φάρος",
      "Φάρος#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ca",
        "3": "farol"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Catalan farol",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "-ón"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish -ón",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "pharus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pharus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Φάρος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Catalan farol, variant form of faró, from far (“lighthouse”) and the diminutive suffix -ó (corresponding to Spanish -ón). Ultimately from Latin pharus, from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "faroles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "farol m (plural faroles)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "fa‧rol"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "fa‧rol"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faro"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "farola"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lantern"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lantern",
          "lantern"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "headlight (bike or automobile light)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "headlight",
          "headlight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "streetlamp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "streetlamp",
          "streetlamp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lighthouse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lighthouse",
          "lighthouse"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bluff (act of bluffing)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bluff",
          "bluff"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/faˈɾol/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[faˈɾol]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "farol"
}

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