torneio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /toʁˈnej.u/ [toɦˈneɪ̯.u]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /toɾˈnej.u/ [toɾˈneɪ̯.u]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /toʁˈnej.u/ [toʁˈneɪ̯.u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toɻˈnej.o/ [toɻˈneɪ̯.o]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾˈnɐj.u/
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾˈnej.u/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾˈne.u/

  • Hyphenation: tor‧nei‧o

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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
  • torneio da morte

Etymology 2

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

Noun

torneio m (plural torneios)

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

Verb

torneio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tornear

References
  1. “torneio” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
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