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torneio.

tournament (series of games)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/toʁˈnej.u/Brazil[toɦˈneɪ̯.u]Brazil/toɾˈnej.u/São-Paulo[toɾˈneɪ̯.u]São-Paulo
  1. tournament (series of games)

    masculine
  2. joust (mock combat between two knights)

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese torneyo, from Old Occitan tornei, from Latin tornō (“to turn; to lathe”).

noun/toʁˈnej.u/Brazil[toɦˈneɪ̯.u]Brazil/toɾˈnej.u/São-Paulo[toɾˈneɪ̯.u]São-Paulo
  1. the act of lathing

    masculine
  2. the quality of an object which was lathed

    masculine
  3. elegance; refinement

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from tornear (“to lathe”), from torno (“lathe”), from Latin tornus (“lathe”).

verb/toʁˈnej.u/Brazil[toɦˈneɪ̯.u]Brazil/toɾˈnej.u/São-Paulo[toɾˈneɪ̯.u]São-Paulo
  1. first-person singular present indicative of tornear

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