tijolo

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Portuguese

tijolo

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tejuelo, from tejo.

Pronunciation

 

  • (Porto) IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -olu
  • Hyphenation: ti‧jo‧lo

Noun

tijolo m (plural tijolos, metaphonic)

  1. brick
    1. building block of mud, clay etc.
    2. considered collectively as a building material
      casa de tijolo
      brick house
    3. (usually humorous, figurative) anything brickshaped
      tijolo de marmelada
      brick of quince bread
  2. (printing, publishing) colophon
    Synonym: colofão
  3. (informal, humorous, figurative) doorstop (large book)
    Synonyms: alfarrábio, (Brazil) calhamaço
  4. (Brazil, typography) a compact composition with no lead paragraph and few stops
    Synonym: (Brazil) catatau
  5. (Brazil, informal) wall of text
    Synonym: (Portugal) testamento
  6. (Brazil, soccer, informal) a strong shot that is hard to catch
    Synonyms: tijolada, pelotaço, bomba
  7. (São Paulo, slang, obsolete) dating, relationship
Derived terms

Adjective

tijolo m or f (plural tijolos)

  1. brick, brick red (brownish-red colour)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tijolo.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ti‧jo‧lo

Verb

tijolo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tijolar

References

  1. ^ “tijolo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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