jeito

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒej.tʷ/
  • Rhymes: -ejtu, -ɐjtu
  • Hyphenation: jei‧to
  • Audio (Brazil - São Paulo)(file)

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese geito, from a Vulgar Latin *iectus, alteration of Latin iactus. Compare Galician xeito. Doublet of jato.

Noun

jeito m (plural jeitos)

  1. way, manner, fashion (how something is done)
    De jeito nenhum! ― No way!
    Faça-o desse jeito. ― Do it this way.
    1. (Brazil) a way or manner to solve a problem
      Nosso país tem jeito ― Our country can be fixed
  2. temper
  3. manners
  4. ability, skill
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:jeito.

Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Macanese: jêto
  • → Spanish: yeito, geito, jeito

Etymology 2

From Jeito. Genericized trademark.

Noun

jeito m (plural jeitos)

  1. (Mozambique) condom
    Synonyms: preservativo, (Brazil) camisinha

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “jeito” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “jeito” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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