Holy semantics, Batman!

[RANCIDMILKO ™ ®©]

I had never thought about this one until now

The world "alvo" in Portuguese and it's meanings (translated to English). Check #1 and #6

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[RANCIDMILKO ™ ®©]

"Alvo" means white and target, respectively.

 

[Breakfall]

I thought it was branco?

 

[RANCIDMILKO ™ ®©]

I thought it was branco?

That is the most common used term, but alvo is a synonym

 

[Breakfall]

I thought it was branco?

That is the most common used term, but alvo is a synonym

Probably derived from alba…

 

[RANCIDMILKO ™ ®©]

I thought it was branco?

That is the most common used term, but alvo is a synonym

Probably derived from alba…

Yes

Bleach for example, means alvejante

 

[Levon]

Maybe a bad link, I got an error message, but I did check manually.

Collins says it's mostly a synonym for "target" or in German "Zielscheibe" which is also "target" in English.

Help us out, please.

Collins also it can be adjectival, as "white"

 

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translate target

1. 1 . target
2. 2 . aim

adjective

1. 1 . white
2. 2 . niveous

 

[RANCIDMILKO ™ ®©]

Maybe the link is not good






target 2

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masculine noun

1. 1 .
   the white color; White.
   
   
2. 2 .
   the white part of the eye; alb, sclera.
   
   
3. 3 .
   aiming point to be reached (with a shot, arrow, bomb, etc.).
   "shoot at fixed and mobile a."
   
   
4. 4 .
   FIGURATIVE (SENSE) • FIGURATIVELY
   center of interest; objective.
   "your beauty was the a. of attention"
   
   
5. 5 .
   BY FIGURATIVE EXTENSION
   what one seeks to achieve; intention, design.
   "that writer's a. was not literature, it was television"
   
   
6. 6 .
   ARMAMENTS • WEAPONS
   physical objective aimed at partial or total destruction, even if figuratively.
   
   
7. 7 .
   ARMAMENTS • WEAPONS
   representation of that objective.

 

[RANCIDMILKO ™ ®©]

Maybe a bad link, I got an error message, but I did check manually.

Collins says it's mostly a synonym for "target" or in German "Zielscheibe" which is also "target" in English.

Help us out, please.

Collins also it can be adjectival, as "white"

target 2

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masculine noun

1. 1 .
   the white color; White.
   
   
2. 2 .
   the white part of the eye; alb, sclera.
   
   
3. 3 .
   aiming point to be reached (with a shot, arrow, bomb, etc.).
   "shoot at fixed and mobile a."
   
   
4. 4 .
   FIGURATIVE (SENSE) • FIGURATIVELY
   center of interest; objective.
   "your beauty was the a. of attention"
   
   
5. 5 .
   BY FIGURATIVE EXTENSION
   what one seeks to achieve; intention, design.
   "that writer's a. was not literature, it was television"
   
   
6. 6 .
   ARMAMENTS • WEAPONS
   physical objective aimed at partial or total destruction, even if figuratively.
   
   
7. 7 .
   ARMAMENTS • WEAPONS
   representation of that objective.

 

[Lily]

Good thread. +

 

[RANCIDMILKO ™ ®©]

Good thread. +

Seems like it's the same on Spanish too, I didn't know that

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[Lily]

Good thread. +

Seems like it's the same on Spanish too, I didn't know that

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Yes, it is. Spanish and Portuguese are both based on Latin, so there is huge overlap.

 

[RANCIDMILKO ™ ®©]

Good thread. +

Seems like it's the same on Spanish too, I didn't know that

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Yes, it is. Spanish and Portuguese are both based on Latin, so there is huge overlap.

I'm guessing they painted whatever soldiers had to shoot or hit with white and it somehow became the word for target eventually

How do you call the center of a bullseye in spanish? We say mosca (fly)

 

[Lily]

Good thread. +

Seems like it's the same on Spanish too, I didn't know that

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Yes, it is. Spanish and Portuguese are both based on Latin, so there is huge overlap.

I'm guessing they painted whatever soldiers had to shoot or hit with white and it somehow became the word for target eventually

How do you call the center of a bullseye in spanish? We say mosca (fly)

Depends on which country or region, but it's "la diana" or "el centro del blanco"

 

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