tabuleiro

• taboleiro (obsolete)
• taboleyro (obsolete)

From Old Portuguese tavoleiro (“gameboard”), from Latin tabula (“board”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌta.bu.ˈle(j).ɾu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌta.bu.ˈle(j).ɾo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ.βu.ˈlɐj.ɾu/

tabuleiro m (plural tabuleiros)

1. gameboard (portable surface on which a game is played)
2. (figuratively) a region or field where a dispute occurs

   A Europa foi um tabuleiro durante a segunda guerra mundial.

   Europe was a gameboard during the Second World War.

   No tabuleiro político, ganha quem investir mais em publicidade.

   In the political gameboard, he who invests most in publicity wins.

3. baking tray (oven-proof metallic tray used to hold foods in the oven)
4. tray (rigid object upon which things are carried)
5. landing (in-between platform or large bottom-most or top-most step of a staircase)
6. a long table for displaying goods in a market stall
7. (North Brazil) a beach where turtles lay their eggs
8. (Brazil) a sandbank which appears when the water level is low
9. (Brazil, geography) a plain with low vegetation
10. the floor of a cart
11. (architecture) the horizontal support of a bridge

• (baking tray): assadeira, forma
• (tray): bandeja, tábua
• (landing): patamar

• tabuleirinho, tabuleirozinho (diminutives)
• tabuleirão (augmentative)
• Tabuleiro