torneio

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: tor‧nei‧o

Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese torneyo, from Old Occitan tornei,[1] from Latin tornō (to turn; to lathe).

Noun

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torneio m (plural torneios)

  1. (sports) tournament (series of games)
    Synonyms: competição, copa
  2. (historical) joust (mock combat between two knights)
    Synonym: justa
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Deverbal from tornear (to lathe),[1] from torno (lathe), from Latin tornus (lathe).

Noun

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torneio m (plural torneios)

  1. the act of lathing
    Synonym: torneamento
  2. the quality of an object which was lathed
  3. (figurative) elegance; refinement
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Etymology 3

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Verb

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torneio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tornear

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 torneio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024