beijo

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Galician

Noun

beijo m (plural beijos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of beixo

References

  • “beijo” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Audio (Brazil):(file)
  • Rhymes: (Brazil, Central and Northern Portugal) -ejʒu, (Brazil, Southern Portugal) -eʒu, (Portugal) -ɐjʒu
  • Homophone: vejo (Northern Portugal)
  • Hyphenation: bei‧jo

Etymology 1

beijo

From Old Galician-Portuguese beijo, from Vulgar Latin *baisu(m), from Latin bāsium, from Proto-Indo-European *bu.

Noun

beijo m (plural beijos)

  1. kiss (touch with the lips)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Kabuverdianu: beje, beju

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beijo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of beijar

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