jeito
Portuguese
editPronunciation
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- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʒej.tʷ/
- Rhymes: -ejtu, -ɐjtu
- Hyphenation: jei‧to
Audio (São Paulo): (file)
Etymology 1
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese geito, from a Vulgar Latin *iectus, alteration of Latin iactus.[1][2] Compare Galician xeito. Doublet of jato.
Noun
editjeito m (plural jeitos)
- way, manner, fashion (how something is done)
- De jeito nenhum! ― No way!
- Faça-o desse jeito. ― Do it this way.
- (Brazil) a way or manner to solve a problem
- Nosso país tem jeito ― Our country can be fixed
- temper
- manners
- ability, skill
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:jeito.
Synonyms
edit- (manner): maneira, modo
- (ability): capacidade
Derived terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom Jeito. Genericized trademark.[1]
Noun
editjeito m (plural jeitos)
- (Mozambique) condom
- Synonyms: preservativo, (Brazil) camisinha
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “jeito”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “jeito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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