ídolo

/ˈidolo/ · B1 · noun · m

idol

ídolo — idol

🗿 Spanish ídolo is just English idol with an -o; both come from Greek eidolon

English idol and Spanish ídolo both go back to Greek eidōlon, meaning image or phantom, which came through Latin idolum. Stress falls on the first syllable: Í-do-lo.

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