tocaio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈkaj.u/ [toˈkaɪ̯.u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈkaj.o/ [toˈkaɪ̯.o]

  • Rhymes: -aju
  • Hyphenation: to‧cai‧o

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tocayo.

Noun

tocaio m (plural tocaios, feminine tocaia, feminine plural tocaias)

  1. namesake (person having the same name)
    Synonyms: (Portugal) homónimo, (Brazil) homônimo, (Brazil) xará

Etymology 2

Verb

tocaio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tocaiar

References

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