olho

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) eye
2. (figuratively, masculine) eye, center (of a storm, etc.)
3. (masculine) a hole in cheese, bread or similar items
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine) ellipsis of olho-d'água (“spring, source”)
5. (masculine) bud, shoot (newly formed leaf or flower)

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of olhar

olhar

• Verb
• Noun

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Concepts

eye

👁️

eyes

👀

eye

👁️

eyeball

glyph

eyelids

conjunctiva

floodgate

I

optic

pupil

retina

nictitating membrane

organ of sight

eye lens

cornea

oculus

Synonyms

buraco

cristalino

pálpebra

pupila

retina

visão

córnea

óculo

conjuntiva

membrana nictitante

Translations

ojo

👁️

oog

👁️

œil

👁️

Auge

👁️

occhio

👁️

μάτι

ull

👁️

oculus

👁️

göz

👁️

عين

kijker

🔭

οφθαλμός

oeil

uèlh

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈo.ʎu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: oculus

Cognate with Galician: ollo

Cognate with Spanish: ojo

Cognate with French: œil

Cognate with Italian: occhio

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese olho (“eye”), from Vulgar Latin oclus (“eye”), from Latin oculus (“eye”), from Proto-Italic *okelos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Doublet of óculo, a borrowing. Compare Galician ollo, Spanish ojo, French œil and Italian occhio.

Sentences

Qualquer que seja o olho , o coração acredita .

Whatever the eye, the heart believes.

Mas isso foi simplesmente porque meu olho estava cansado .

But that was simply because my eye was tired.

De olho no pomar e outro no vinhedo .

Keeping an eye on the orchard and another on the vineyard.