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tijolo.

brick

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/t͡ʃiˈʒo.lu/Brazil/tiˈʒo.lu/Portugal/tɨˈʒo.lu/Portugal[tiˈʒwɐ.lu]
  1. brick building block of mud, clay etc.

    masculine
  2. brick considered collectively as a building material

    masculine
    casa de tijolo
  3. brick anything brickshaped

    figuratively · humorous · masculine · usually
    tijolo de marmelada
  4. colophon

    masculine
  5. doorstop (large book)

    figuratively · humorous · informal · masculine
  6. a compact composition with no lead paragraph and few stops

    Brazil · masculine
  7. wall of text

    Brazil · informal · masculine
  8. a strong shot that is hard to catch

    Brazil · informal · masculine
  9. A sweet made from rapadura and doce de leite, sold in bricks.

    Northeast-Brazil · masculine
  10. dating, relationship

    São-Paulo · masculine · obsolete · slang
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin taxus Spanish tejo Spanish -uelo Spanish tejuelobor. Portuguese tijolo Borrowed from Spanish tejuelo, from tejo (“quoit”) + -uelo (“little”).

adj/t͡ʃiˈʒo.lu/Brazil/tiˈʒo.lu/Portugal/tɨˈʒo.lu/Portugal[tiˈʒwɐ.lu]
  1. brick red (brownish-red colour)

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin taxus Spanish tejo Spanish -uelo Spanish tejuelobor. Portuguese tijolo Borrowed from Spanish tejuelo, from tejo (“quoit”) + -uelo (“little”).

verb/t͡ʃiˈʒɔ.lu/Brazil/tiˈʒɔ.lu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of tijolar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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