peito

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin pectus (“chest, breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *peg (“breast”).

Noun

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (anatomy) chest

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese peito, from Latin pectus (“chest, breast”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg (“breast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpejto̝/

Noun

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (anatomy) thorax
2. chest, breast (front of the thorax)
3. breast (of a woman)
4. (figuratively) boldness

Derived terms

• antepeito
• dar o peito
• despeito
• peitogueira
• peitolobo
• peitoral
• peitoril
• peituga

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese peito, from Latin pactum (“pact”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpejto̝/

Noun

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (dated) tribute

Derived terms

• peita
• peitar

References

• “peito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “peito” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “peito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “peito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “peito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese peito, from Latin pectus (“chest, breast”), from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg (“breast”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɐj.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpej.tu/, [ˈpeɪ̯.t̪ʊ]
• Hyphenation: pei‧to
• Rhymes: -ejtu

Noun

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (anatomy) chest
2. breast
3. (swimming) breaststroke

Derived terms

• peituga

Related terms

• apertar
• peitoral
• peitoril

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: pitu