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escanteio.

corner kick

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/is.kɐ̃ˈtej.u/Brazil[is.kɐ̃ˈteɪ̯.u]Brazil/es.kɐ̃ˈtej.u/Brazil[es.kɐ̃ˈteɪ̯.u]Brazil
  1. corner kick

    Brazil · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Portuguese es- Proto-Celtic *kantosder. Latin canthus Old Galician-Portuguese canto Portuguese canto Old Galician-Portuguese -io Portuguese -io Portuguese escanteio From es- + canto + -io, with the suffix changed to *-eio by analogy to deverbals from -ear (rodeio, rastreio etc.). First attested in 1942. Some sources claim it's a deverbal from escantear, but their relation is actually the inverse.

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