vasallo

See also: Vasallo

Galician

vascullo or vasallo

Alternative forms

• basallo, bascallo, bascullo, vascallo, vascullo
• basalho (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Celtic *baskis (“bundle”) and the Galician suffix -allo, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle”). Cognate with Latin fascis (“bundle, faggot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈsaɟo/ [baˈs̺a̠.ɟʊ]
• Rhymes: -aɟo
• Hyphenation: va‧sa‧llo

Noun

vasallo m (plural vasallos)

1. broom (a bundle of shrubs used for cleaning the oven)

References

• “vasallo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “vasallo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vasallo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vasallo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• uasallo, uassallo, uasiello, vassallo

Etymology

From Late Latin vassallus (“retainer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βaˈsaʎo/

Noun

vasallo m (plural vasallos)

1. vassal, servant
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 11r. b.

     E ſubieron cõ el todos ſos vaſallos de pharaon. los mayores de su caſa de pharaon & todos los mayores de egypto.

     [E subieron con él todos los vasallos de Pharaon. Los mayores de su casa de Pharaon e todos los mayores de Egipto.]

     And all of Pharaoh's vassals went forth with him; the elders of the house of Pharaoh and all the elders of Egypt.

Descendants

• Spanish: vasallo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *uɸostos

Gaulish *wassosbor.

Latin vassus

Late Latin vassallus

Old Spanish vasallo

Spanish vasallo

Inherited from Old Spanish vasallo, from Late Latin vassallus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /baˈsaʝo/ [baˈsa.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /baˈsaʝo/ [baˈsa.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /baˈsaʎo/ [baˈsa.ʎo] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /baˈsaʃo/ [baˈsa.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /baˈsaʒo/ [baˈsa.ʒo] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /baˈsajo/ [baˈsa.jo] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

 

• Rhymes: -aʝo

• Rhymes: -aʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -aʎo (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒo (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• Rhymes: -ajo (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: va‧sa‧llo

Adjective

vasallo (feminine vasalla, masculine plural vasallos, feminine plural vasallas)

1. vassal, serving

Noun

vasallo m (plural vasallos, feminine vasalla, feminine plural vasallas)

1. vassal

Derived terms

• vasallaje

Further reading

• “vasallo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025