Tejo

See also: tejo, TEJO, tejó, and tejō

German

Alternative forms

Tajo

Etymology

From Portuguese.

Proper noun

Tejo

the Tagus river, especially the Portuguese portion of it

Portuguese

rio Tejo

Etymology

From Old Portuguese Tejo, from Latin Tagus.

Cognate with Galician Texo, Mirandese Teijo, Asturian Texu, Spanish Tajo, Aragonese Tacho and Catalan Tajo.

Pronunciation

(Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/
Hyphenation: Te‧jo

Proper noun

Tejo m

Tagus (a river in Spain and Portugal)
- 1914, Alberto Caeiro, "O Tejo é mais belo que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia":
  O Tejo é mais bello que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia
  The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village

Derived terms

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