tijolo

Portuguese

tijolo

Alternative forms

• tijollo, tejolo (obsolete)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tejuelo, from tejo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈʒo.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈʒo.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈʒo.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈʒo.lu/, /tɨˈʒo.lu/

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

Noun

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

• atijolar
• batuíra-de-peito-tijolo
• entijolar
• Fajã dos Tijolos
• fazer tijolo
• gótico de tijolos
• tijolada
• tijolão
• tijolar
• tijolaria
• tijoleira
• tijoleiro
• tijolinho
• tijolo à vista
• tijolo baiano
• tijolo burro
• tijolo cheio
• tijolo cru
• tijolo de barro
• tijolo de cunha
• tijolo de vidro
• tijolo ecológico
• tijolo flutuante
• tijolo holandês
• tijolo refratário
• tijolo romano

 

Adjective

tijolo m or f (plural tijolos)

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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tijolo.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈʒɔ.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈʒɔ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈʒɔ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tiˈʒɔ.lu/

• Hyphenation: ti‧jo‧lo

Verb

tijolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tijolar

Further reading

• tijolo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• “tijolo” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “tijolo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “tijolo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.