saloio

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Portuguese

Etymology

From earlier çaloio, from Arabic سَلَاوِيّ (salāwiyy), the nisba of سَلَا (salā, “Salé”), a city regarded from al-Andalus as markedly Berber, and thus Barbaric. The original Portuguese sense only referred to the rural region around Lisbon.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: sa‧loi‧o

Adjective

saloio (feminine saloia, masculine plural saloios, feminine plural saloias, comparable)

  1. rustic
    Synonyms: campónio, rústico
  2. (cooking, Portugal) said of a type of bread originally produced in or near Lisbon
    • 1865, Académia das Ciências (Lisboa) Classe de Ciências Mathemáticas, Physicas e Naturaes, Memorias da Académia Real das Sciências de Lisboa, page 135
      O pão fabricado nos suburbios de Lisboa e aqui vendido com o nome de pão saloio é fabricado em pequenos lotes, amassado ás vezes em alguidares, por consequencia muito trabalhado, o que explica a sua grande macieza e ...
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Noun

saloio m (plural saloios)

  1. peasant; villager
    • 1849, Sebastião José Ribeiro de Sá, Contos ao serão, page 139
      Caminho para o saloio, e digo-lhe : — Faz favor! — ólá ! você é o alchketo? Encolhi os hombros, e lembrou-me se este seria o mesmo saloio, que, ao entrar no palacio da Bemposta em dia de audiencia, e vendo que o rei era um homem  ...
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    Synonyms: aldeão, camponês, rústico

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