peito

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin pectus (chest, breast), from Proto-Indo-European *peg (breast).

Noun

peito m (plural peitos)

  1. (anatomy) chest

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese peito, from Latin pectus (chest, breast), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg (breast).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpejto̝/

Noun

peito m (plural peitos)

  1. (anatomy) thorax
  2. chest, breast (front of the thorax)
  3. breast (of a woman)
  4. (figuratively) boldness
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese peito, from Latin pactum (pact).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpejto̝/

Noun

peito m (plural peitos)

  1. (dated) tribute
Derived terms
  • peita
  • peitar

References

  • peito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • peito” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • peito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • peito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • peito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese peito, from Latin pectus (chest, breast), from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg (breast).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɐj.tu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpej.tu/
  • Hyphenation: pei‧to
  • Rhymes: -ejtu

Noun

peito m (plural peitos)

  1. (anatomy) chest
  2. breast
  3. (swimming) breaststroke

Derived terms

  • peituga
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