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triângulo.

triangle

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɾiˈɐ̃.ɡu.lu/Brazil/ˈtɾjɐ̃.ɡu.lu/Brazil/tɾiˈɐ̃.ɡu.lu/Portugal/ˈtɾjɐ̃.ɡu.lu/Portugal
  1. triangle

    masculine
  2. triangle choke (a type of chokehold that encircles the opponent's neck and one arm with the legs in a configuration similar to the shape of a triangle)

    masculine
  3. triangle (a percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Italic *trejes Proto-Italic *trēs Latin trēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng- Proto-Indo-European *h₂engulos Proto-Italic *angulos Latin angulus Latin triangulus Latin triangulumlbor. Portuguese triângulo Learned borrowing from Latin triangulum. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Japanese 三角絞め (sankaku jime, “triangle choke”).

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