Portuguese

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tijolo

Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish tejuelo, from tejo.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Porto) IPA(key): [tiˈʒwɐ.lu]
  • Rhymes: -olu
  • Hyphenation: ti‧jo‧lo

Noun

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tijolo m (plural tijolos, metaphonic)

  1. brick
    1. building block of mud, clay etc.
    2. considered collectively as a building material
      casa de tijolo
      brick house
    3. (usually humorous, figurative) anything brickshaped
      tijolo de marmelada
      brick of quince bread
  2. (printing, publishing) colophon
    Synonym: colofão
  3. (informal, humorous, figurative) doorstop (large book)
    Synonyms: alfarrábio, (Brazil) calhamaço
  4. (Brazil, typography) a compact composition with no lead paragraph and few stops
    Synonym: (Brazil) catatau
  5. (Brazil, informal) wall of text
    Synonym: (Portugal) testamento
  6. (Brazil, soccer, informal) a strong shot that is hard to catch
    Synonyms: tijolada, pelotaço, bomba
  7. (São Paulo, slang, obsolete) dating, relationship
Derived terms
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Adjective

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tijolo m or f (plural tijolos)

  1. brick, brick red (brownish-red colour)

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:tijolo.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ti‧jo‧lo

Verb

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tijolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tijolar

References

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  1. ^ tijolo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

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