bazo

See also: bazơ

Esperanto

Etymology

From French base.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbazo/

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• Rhymes: -azo
• Syllabification: ba‧zo

Noun

bazo (accusative singular bazon, plural bazoj, accusative plural bazojn)

1. base; foundation
   • 1906, L. L. Zamenhof, Dogmoj de Hilelismo:

     Sian nomon la hilelismo ricevis laŭ la nomo de la antikva Palestina saĝulo Hillel, kies modifikita principo estas akceptita kiel bazo por la religio de la hilelistoj.

     Hillelism takes its name from the ancient Palestinian wise man Hillel, whose modified principle has been accepted as a foundation for the religion of the Hillelists.

   • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Eliro 19:17.

     Kaj Moseo elirigis la popolon el la tendaro renkonte al Dio, kaj ili stariĝis antaŭ la bazo de la monto.

     And Moses led the people from the camp to meet God, and they stood at the base of the mountain.

2. (chemistry) base
   • 1905, Literatura Aldono, page 196:

     Sur unu rando estas bazoj, sur la alia acidoj.

     On one edge there are bases, on the other acids.

3. (baseball) base

Derived terms

• arkobazo
• bazoedro
• bazolineo

Related terms

• bazulo
• datumbazo

Galician

Alternative forms

• bacio

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese baço (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Latin badius (“reddish brown”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaθʊ], (western) [ˈbasʊ]

Noun

bazo m (plural bazos)

1. (anatomy) spleen

Derived terms

• bacento
• embazar

Etymology 2

From Latin badius (“reddish brown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaθʊ], (western) [ˈbasʊ]

Adjective

bazo (feminine baza, masculine plural bazos, feminine plural bazas)

1. reddish-brown, bay
2. opaque; matte; which has lost its shininess or transparency

Derived terms

• bazoca
• embazar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “baço”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “bazo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bazo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bazo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bazo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈba.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.zu/

• Rhymes: -azu
• Homophones: (Northern Portugal) vazo, (Northern Portugal) vaso
• Hyphenation: ba‧zo

Verb

bazo

1. first-person singular present indicative of bazar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥

Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər

Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar)

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?

Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion)

Ancient Greek ἧπατιον (hêpation)der.

Vulgar Latin *hepatium?

Proto-Indo-European *bodyos?

Latin badiusder.?

Spanish bazo

Cognate with Portuguese baço, but uncertain origin. Probably either:

• From Vulgar Latin *hepatium, from Ancient Greek ἧπατιον (hêpation), from ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)
• According to the Royal Spanish Academy, from Latin badius (“reddish brown”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaθo/ [ˈba.θo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbaso/ [ˈba.so] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -aso (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ba‧zo
• Homophones: vaso, (Latin America) baso

Noun

bazo m (plural bazos)

1. (anatomy) spleen

Further reading

• “bazo”, 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