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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese torneyo, from Old Occitan tornei,[1] from Latin tornō (“to turn; to lathe”).
Noun
torneio m (plural torneios)
- (sports) tournament (series of games)
- Synonyms: competição, copa
- (historical) joust (mock combat between two knights)
- Synonym: justa
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Deverbal from tornear (“to lathe”),[1] from torno (“lathe”), from Latin tornus (“lathe”).
Noun
torneio m (plural torneios)
- the act of lathing
- Synonym: torneamento
- the quality of an object which was lathed
- (figurative) elegance; refinement
Etymology 3
Verb
torneio
- first-person singular present indicative of tornear
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