torneio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /toɹ.ˈnej.u/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /toɻ.ˈnej.o/
  • Hyphenation: tor‧nei‧o

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese torneyo, from Old Occitan tornei, from Latin tornō (“I turn; I lathe”).

Noun

torneio m (plural torneios)

  1. (sports) tournament (series of games)
  2. (historical) joust (mock combat between two knights)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • torneio da morte

Etymology 2

From tornear (“to lathe”), from torno (“lathe”), from Latin tornus (“lathe”).

Noun

torneio m (plural torneios)

  1. the act of lathing
  2. the quality of an object which was lathed
  3. (figuratively) elegance; refinement
Synonyms
  • (act of lathing): torneamento

Verb

torneio

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of tornear
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