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queijo.

cheese (dairy product)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈke(j).ʒu/Brazil[ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒu]Brazil/ˈkɐj.ʒu/Portugal/ˈkej.ʒu/Northern, Portugal

cheese (dairy product)
masculine

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin cāseum Old Galician-Portuguese queijo Portuguese queijo Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseum (“cheese”), see there for more. Cognate with Galician queixo, Spanish queso, Italian cacio, Romanian caș and English cheese.

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