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telhado.

roof

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/teˈʎa.du/Brazil/tɨˈʎa.du/Portugal[tɨˈʎa.ðu]Portugal/tɨˈʎa.du/Portugal, Southern

  1. roof

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese telhado (“roof”), from Vulgar Latin *teglātu, from Latin tēgulātum, from tēgula (“a roof-tile”). Compare Galician tellado, Spanish tejado, Catalan teulada.

verb/teˈʎa.du/Brazil/tɨˈʎa.du/Portugal[tɨˈʎa.ðu]Portugal/tɨˈʎa.du/Portugal, Southern

  1. past participle of telhar

    form-of · participle · past
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