tocaio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈka.ju/
Hyphenation: to‧cai‧o
Rhymes: -aju

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tocayo.

Noun

tocaio m (plural tocaios, feminine tocaia, feminine plural tocaias)

namesake (person having the same name)

Synonyms

homónimo m (Portugal), homônimo m (Brazil)
xará m, f (Brazil)

Etymology 2

Verb

tocaio

first-person singular (eu) present indicative of tocaiar

References

“tocaio” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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