travesseiro

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Portuguese

Travesseiros (sense 1)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese travesseyro, from Vulgar Latin *trāversārius, from Latin trānsversārius, from trānsversus.

Cognate with Galician traveseiro and Spanish travesero.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.veˈse(j).ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.veˈse(j).ɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.vɨˈsɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.bɨˈsej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.vɨˈsej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.vɨˈse.ɾu/

Audio (Brazil): (file)
Hyphenation: tra‧ves‧sei‧ro

Noun

travesseiro m (plural travesseiros)

(chiefly Brazil) pillow
(chiefly Portugal) bolster (a large pillow)

Synonyms

(pillow): almofada f

Derived terms

guerra de travesseiros

Further reading

“travesseiro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

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