tebeo

Spanish

Etymology

From TBO, an influential magazine featuring such works, published from 1917, perhaps a play on the homophone te veo (“I see you”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈbeo/ [t̪eˈβ̞e.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: te‧be‧o

Noun

tebeo m (plural tebeos)

1. (Spain) comic, comic book, graphic novel

   Synonyms: historieta, cómic

   Coordinate terms: novela gráfica, fanzine

Derived terms

• más visto que el tebeo

 

Further reading

• “tebeo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28