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tema.

theme; topic; subject (what something is about)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtẽ.mɐ/Brazil/ˈte.mɐ/Portugal
  1. theme; topic; subject (what something is about)

    masculine
  2. theme; motif (recurring idea)

    masculine
  3. theme (main melody of a piece of music)

    masculine
  4. theme (melody that identifies a film or programme)

    masculine
  5. theme (the main stem of a word, without the affixes)

    masculine
  6. theme; skin (colour schemes, sounds, artwork of an application)

    masculine
  7. theme (regional unit of the Byzantine empire)

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin thema, from Ancient Greek θέμα (théma). Doublet of teima.

verb/ˈtẽ.mɐ/Brazil/ˈte.mɐ/Portugal
  1. inflection of temer: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of temer: third-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
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