timão

See also: τιμάω

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃w̃/ [t͡ʃiˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Homophone: Timão
  • Hyphenation: ti‧mão

Etymology 1

    From Old Galician-Portuguese timon, from Late Latin tīmōnem, alteration of Classical Latin tēmōnem.

    Alternative forms

    • temão

    Noun

    timão m (plural timões)

    1. shaft (for hitching, coupling, yoking, harnessing), plough-beam, draft-pole, tongue (of a cart)
      Synonym: apo
    2. (nautical) helm; ship's wheel
    3. (nautical) rudder
      Synonym: leme
    4. (figurative) helm

    Etymology 2

      From time (“team”) +‎ -ão.

      Noun

      timão m (plural timões)

      1. (Brazil) augmentative of time

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