sello

/ˈseʝo/ · B1 · noun · m

sealing wax

sello — sealing wax

📮🔏 sello sounds like seal-o: a seal or stamp, from Latin sigillum

Spanish sello comes from Latin sigillum, a small mark or seal, which also gave English seal and sigil. In Spain, a sello is also the postage stamp on a letter.

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