telinha

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Portuguese

Etymology

From tela +‎ -inha. The television sense is a semantic loan from English small screen.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

telinha f (plural telinhas)

  1. (Brazil, broadcasting, colloquial) small screen
    • 1988 July 8, A.O., “A volta de Arakem”, in Placar, number 944, São Paulo: Abril, page 7:
      Para aqueles que estavam com saudade da figura extravagante e divertida de Arakem, o show-man, uma boa notícia: ele vai voltar às telinhas.
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    • 2011 May 16, Marcia Tiburi, “O discurso do meu método” (chapter 3), in Olho de vidro: a televisão e o estado de exceção da imagem‎, Rio de Janeiro: Record, →ISBN:
      Aquela que diz respeito ao tratamento por “telinha” dado à televisão por vários de seus estudiosos quando comparada à “grande tela” do cinema.
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    • 2024 March 1, Rafaela Oliveira, “Longe das novelas, Leandra Leal pode voltar às telinhas no remake de 'Vale Tudo'”, in Revista CARAS‎, archived from the original on 2024-03-02:
      Ao que tudo indica, o público poderá prestigiar a atriz Leandra Leal novamente nas telinhas.
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  2. diminutive of tela

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