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timão.

shaft (for hitching, coupling, yoking, harnessing), plough-beam, draft-pole, tongue (of a cart)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃w̃/Brazil[t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]Brazil/tiˈmɐ̃w̃/Portugal
  1. shaft (for hitching, coupling, yoking, harnessing), plough-beam, draft-pole, tongue (of a cart)

    masculine
  2. helm; ship's wheel

    masculine
  3. rudder

    masculine
  4. helm

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese timon, from Late Latin tīmōnem, alteration of Classical Latin tēmōnem.

noun/t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃w̃/Brazil[t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]Brazil/tiˈmɐ̃w̃/Portugal
  1. augmentative of time

    Brazil · augmentative · form-of · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English teambor. Portuguese time Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Old Galician-Portuguese -on Portuguese -ão Portuguese timão From time (“team”) + -ão.

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