travesseiro

See also: Travesseiro

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/ [tɾa.veˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.veˈse(j).ɾu/ [tɾa.veˈse(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.veˈse(j).ɾo/ [tɾa.veˈse(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.vɨˈsɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.vɨˈsɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.bɨˈsej.ɾu/ [tɾɐ.βɨˈsej.ɾu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.vɨˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.vɨˈse.ɾu/

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Hyphenation: tra‧ves‧sei‧ro

Noun

travesseiro m (plural travesseiros)

1. (chiefly Brazil) pillow
2. (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