teto

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛto]

teto f

1. vocative singular of teta

From Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, “the letter Θ”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈteto/
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: te‧to

teto (accusative singular teton, plural tetoj, accusative plural tetojn)

1. theta

From Old Galician-Portuguese teta (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), either from a West Germanic *titta (English tit, Dutch tiet, German Zitze) or either an expressive formation identical to it. Compare Portuguese teta, Spanish teta, French tette Cf. also Late Latin titta.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtetʊ]

teto m (plural tetos)

1. (anatomy, of animals) nipple

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “teto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “teto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin tēctum. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese teito. Cognate of French toit, Galician teito, Italian tetto and Spanish techo.

• tecto (pre-1990 spelling)

• Rhymes: -ɛtu
• Hyphenation: te‧to

teto m (plural tetos)

1. ceiling (upper surface of room)
2. ceiling (upper limit of a value)

Alteration of teta.

• Rhymes: -etu
• Hyphenation: te‧to

teto m (plural tetos)

1. tit (projection of mammary gland)

   Synonym: teta

teto

1. accusative/instrumental singular of teta

Likely from teta (“boob”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈteto/ [ˈt̪e.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification: te‧to

teto (feminine teta, masculine plural tetos, feminine plural tetas)

1. (colloquial, Mexico) silly; immature; childishly foolish

teto m (plural tetos, feminine teta, feminine plural tetas)

1. (colloquial, Mexico) a silly, immature person

• “teto”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019

• IPA^(key): /ˈte.to/

teto

1. (transitive) to chop
2. (transitive) to mince

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪e.t̪o/

teto

1. grandfather

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics