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queixo

Catalan

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Verb

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queixo

  1. only used in em queixo, first-person singular present indicative of queixar-se

Galician

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkejʃo/ [ˈkej.ʃʊ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ejʃo
  • Hyphenation: quei‧xo

Etymology 1

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Galician homemade queixos ("cheeses")
 
Queixo do Cebreiro, an eastern Galician cow cheese

From Old Galician-Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseus (“cheese”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”). Compare Portuguese queijo, Spanish queso.

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Noun

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queixo m (plural queixos)

  1. cheese
    • 1286, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 1131:
      huna escaa de manteyga et dous queygios
      a bowl of butter and two cheeses
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Etymology 2

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From Old Galician-Portuguese queixo, from Vulgar Latin *capseus, from Latin capsa (“box”); compare with Portuguese queixo, cf. also Spanish quijada.

Noun

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queixo m (plural queixos)

  1. (anatomy) chin
    • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 275:
      Et auj́a o nariz alto por mesura et a boca ben feyta et dentes ben postos et brãcos et o queixo quadrado et o colo longo et as espádoas anchas et os peytos moyto enformados.
      He had a high and measured nose and his mouth was well formed; the teeth, well disposed, were white; and the chin was square and the neck long, his shoulders were broad, and his breast well developed
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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queixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of queixar

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Portuguese

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈke(j).ʃu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʃu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈke(j).ʃo/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʃo]
 

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese queixo, from Vulgar Latin *capseus, from Latin capsa (“box”).

 
Queixo

Noun

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queixo m (plural queixos)

  1. (anatomy) chin (bottom of the face)
    Synonym: (less common) mento
  2. each of the curved parts of the turquoise or other similar instruments
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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queixo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of queixar

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