queixo

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queixo

1. only used in em queixo, first-person singular present indicative of queixar-se

• IPA^(key): /ˈkejʃo/

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• Rhymes: -ejʃo
• Hyphenation: quei‧xo

From Old Galician-Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseus (“cheese”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”). Compare Portuguese queijo, Spanish queso.

• queijo (reintegrationist)

queixo m (plural queixos)

1. cheese
   • 1286, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 1131:

     huna escaa de manteyga et dous queygios

     a bowl of butter and two cheeses

• queixaría
• queixeiro
• requeixo

From Old Galician-Portuguese queixo, from Vulgar Latin *capseus, from Latin capsa (“box”); compare with Portuguese queixo, cf. also Spanish quijada.

queixo m (plural queixos)

1. (anatomy) chin
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 275:

     Et auj́a o nariz alto por mesura et a boca ben feyta et dentes ben postos et brãcos et o queixo quadrado et o colo longo et as espádoas anchas et os peytos moyto enformados.

     He had a high and measured nose and his mouth was well formed; the teeth, well disposed, were white; and the chin was square and the neck long, his shoulders were broad, and his breast well developed

• queixada

queixo

1. first-person singular present indicative of queixar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “queixo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “queijo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “queixo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “queyg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “queixo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “queixo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “queixo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• queyxo (obsolete)

• Rhymes: -eʃu, -ejʃu, -ɐjʃu
• Hyphenation: quei‧xo

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese queixo, from Vulgar Latin *capseus, from Latin capsa (“box”).

queixo m (plural queixos)

1. (anatomy) chin (bottom of the face)

   Synonym: (less common) mento

2. each of the curved parts of the turquoise or other similar instruments

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

queixo

1. first-person singular present indicative of queixar

• “queixo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “queixo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024