rebolo

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) oak
2. (masculine) sapling

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of rebolar

rebolar

1. (transitive) to throw rolling down
2. (intransitive, pronominal) to roll
3. (transitive) to throw, shoot (specially, a long object which is made to turn over its axis)
4. (transitive) to skim (a container with a rebolo)

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Pronounced as (IPA)

[reˈβolʊ]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: *robǔllus

Inherited from Latin: *repullus

Cognate with Spanish: rebollo

In summary

Either from Latin *robŭllus (“little oak”) or rather from Latin *repullus, from pullus (“young animal”). Cognate with Spanish rebollo.