poio

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin podium. Compare the borrowed doublet pódio.

Pronunciation

Noun

poio m (plural poios)

  1. (rare, obsolete) hill, hillock
  2. (figuratively) dunghill, heap of manure
  3. plateau, platform
  4. (Portugal) terrace

Further reading

  • “poio” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  • poio in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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