veio

See also: Veio, véio, and vêio

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From veia (vein).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvej.u/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvɐj.u/, /ˈvej.u/
  • Hyphenation: vei‧o
  • Rhymes: -eju

Noun

veio m (plural veios)

  1. vein (stripe or streak of a different colour or composition)
  2. (geology, mining) vein (thin deposit of a mineral or metal)
  3. rivulet (a very small stream)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvɐj.u/, /ˈvej.u/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvej.u/
  • Hyphenation: vei‧o
  • Rhymes: -eju

Verb

veio

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) preterite indicative of vir

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

veio m (plural veios, feminine veia, feminine plural veias)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of velho, representing Caipira Portuguese.
  2. (Brazil, slang) bro (informal term of address for a friend)

Adjective

veio m (feminine singular veia, masculine plural veios, feminine plural veias, comparable)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of velho, representing Caipira Portuguese.
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