See also: teitō

Aragonese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin tēctum.

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Noun

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teito m (plural teitos)

  1. roof

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Galician

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teitos (thatched roofs)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtejto/ [ˈt̪ej.t̪ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ejto
  • Hyphenation: tei‧to

Etymology 1

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13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese teito (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tēctum, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (to cover with a roof). Cognate with Portuguese teto and Spanish techo.

Noun

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teito m (plural teitos)

  1. ceiling (the upper part of a cavity or room)
  2. roof (the cover at the top of a building)
    • 1390, Mª Luz Méndez Fernández (ed.), Contribución ó estudio dun libro das Tenzas da Catedral de Santiago. Edición crítica e estudio dos folios 1 a 27. Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 60:
      Jtem hũa cassa ẽna rrúa da Fonte da Rreýna que sson tres cassas so hũu teyto
      Item, a house in Queen's Fountain Street, that are three houses [sic] under a roof
    Synonyms: lousado, tellado

Adjective

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teito (feminine teita, masculine plural teitos, feminine plural teitas)

  1. having a roof
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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teito

  1. first-person singular present indicative of teitar

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Asturian and Leonese teitu. Doublet of techo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈteito/ [ˈt̪ei̯.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -eito
  • Syllabification: tei‧to

Noun

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teito m (plural teitos)

  1. (Asturias, Leon) dwelling with a thatched roof
  2. the thatched roof itself