cúpula

cúpula f (plural cúpules)

1. dome, cupola

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cúpula

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Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Late Latin cūpula (“small cask, burying vault”), diminutive of Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”).

cúpula f (plural cúpulas)

1. cupola, dome

   Synonym: domo

2. (Brazil) summit (gathering of leaders)

   Synonym: (Portugal) cimeira

• zimbório

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cúpula

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Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Late Latin cupula (“small cask, burying vault”), diminutive of Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkupula/ [ˈku.pu.la]

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• Rhymes: -upula
• Syllabification: cú‧pu‧la

cúpula f (plural cúpulas)

1. (architecture) cupola, dome (dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome)
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 59:

     La Ciudad de de los Césares está encantada en la cordillera de los Andes, a la orilla de un gran lago. El día Viernes Santo se puede ver desde lejos, cómo brillan las cúpulas de sus torres y los techos de sus casas, que son de oro y plata macizos.

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2. (figurative) leadership

• “cúpula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28