tolo

Etymology

From a contraction of the determiner too (“all”) + neuter singular article lo (“the”).

Contraction

tolo n (masculine tol, feminine tola, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural toles)

1. all the

Noun

tolo

1. front
2. forehead

Noun

tolo (accusative singular tolon, plural toloj, accusative plural tolojn)

1. linen cloth

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from *tollo, from *toldo, from Vulgar Latin *tollĭtus (“removed”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtolo̝/

Noun

tolo m (plural tolos, feminine tola, feminine plural tolas)

1. madman, crazy

   Synonyms: doudo, louco

Adjective

tolo m (plural tolos, feminine tola, feminine plural tolas)

1. mad; insane; crazy

   Synonyms: doudo, louco

References

• “tolo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “tolo” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “tolo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe from Latin stolidus (“foolish”) or tōles (“tonsilitis”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈto.lu/
• Hyphenation: to‧lo

Adjective

tolo m (feminine singular tola, masculine plural tolos, feminine plural tolas, comparable)

1. foolish; silly (having or characterised by poor judgement or little intelligence)

   Pare de ser tolo e comece a pensar.

   Stop being foolish and start thinking.

   Infelizmente, o que fizemos foi extremamente tolo.

   Unfortunately, what we did was extremely foolish.

   Synonyms: bobo, idiota, ingénuo

Noun

tolo m (plural tolos, feminine tola, feminine plural tolas)

1. fool; tool (foolish person)

   Synonyms: bobo (Brazil), idiota, bobalhão

Noun

tolo

1. sugar cane

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təlu, from Proto-Austronesian *təlu.

Numeral

tolo

1. (cardinal) three