brinquedo

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vinculum. Alternatively from Proto-Germanic *blinkaną (“to gleam, glitter, flash”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾĩˈke.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾĩˈke.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾĩˈke.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾĩˈke.du/ [bɾĩˈke.ðu]

• Hyphenation: brin‧que‧do

Noun

brinquedo m (plural brinquedos)

1. toy, plaything

Related terms

• brincar

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: brinkedo