peito

From Latin pectus (“chest, breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”).

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (anatomy) chest

• IPA^(key): /ˈpejto/ [ˈpej.t̪ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejto
• Hyphenation: pei‧to

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peito, from Latin pectus (“chest, breast”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Compare Portuguese peito.

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (anatomy) thorax
2. chest, breast (front of the thorax)
3. breast (of a woman)
4. (figurative) boldness

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peito, from Latin pactum (“pact”).

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (dated) tribute

• peita
• peitar

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “peito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “peito”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “peito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “peito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “peito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “peito”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “peito” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Inherited from Latin pactum.

peito m (plural peitos)

1. payment, tribute

• Galician: peito
• Portuguese: peito, peita

• Universo Cantigas - "peito₁"

Inherited from Latin pectus.

peito m (plural peitos)

1. chest

• Galician: peito
• Portuguese: peito (see there for further descendants)

• Universo Cantigas - "peito₂"

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• Rhymes: -ejtu, (Portugal) -ɐjtu
• Hyphenation: pei‧to

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peito, from Latin pectus (“chest, breast”), from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”).

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (anatomy) chest
2. breast
3. (Brazil, swimming) breaststroke

   Synonym: (Portugal) bruços

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: pitu

From Old Galician-Portuguese peito, from Latin pactum.

• peita

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (historical) a tax paid by commoners

• peitar (“to pay tribute”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

peito

1. first-person singular present indicative of peitar

• “peito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

peito

1. kitchen