velho
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old East Slavic вълхвъ (vŭlxvŭ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]velho
Declension
[edit]Inflection of velho (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | velho | velhot | |
genitive | velhon | velhojen | |
partitive | velhoa | velhoja | |
illative | velhoon | velhoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | velho | velhot | |
accusative | nom. | velho | velhot |
gen. | velhon | ||
genitive | velhon | velhojen | |
partitive | velhoa | velhoja | |
inessive | velhossa | velhoissa | |
elative | velhosta | velhoista | |
illative | velhoon | velhoihin | |
adessive | velholla | velhoilla | |
ablative | velholta | velhoilta | |
allative | velholle | velhoille | |
essive | velhona | velhoina | |
translative | velhoksi | velhoiksi | |
abessive | velhotta | velhoitta | |
instructive | — | velhoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “velho”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- véio, véi (Brazil, eye dialect)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese velho, from Late Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]velho (feminine velha, masculine plural velhos, feminine plural velhas, comparable, comparative mais velho, superlative o mais velho or velhíssimo, diminutive velhinho, augmentative velhão)
- old; ancient (having existed for a long period of time)
- (of a living being) old; aged (having lived for most of the expected years)
- Synonym: idoso
- Pararei de trabalhar depois de ficar velho.
- I will stop working after I become old.
- (of an object) old (that has been used for a considerable period of time)
- Li um livro tão velho que as páginas ficavam caindo.
- I read a book so old that the pages kept falling out.
- old (obsolete or out-of-date)
- Synonyms: obsoleto, ultrapassado, arcaico, antiquado, vetusto
- Essa teoria já está velha.
- That theory is already obsolete.
Usage notes
[edit]- Velho may be considered slightly offensive, especially when referring to people.
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “ancient”): novo, recente
- (antonym(s) of “old-aged”): novo, jovem, moço
- (antonym(s) of “used for a considerable period of time”): novo
- (antonym(s) of “obsolete”): novo, recente
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Noun
[edit]velho m (plural velhos, feminine velha, feminine plural velhas)
- (sometimes offensive) an old person
- (slang) father
- (endearing) husband, especially a middle-aged or elderly one
- (slang, Brazil) an informal form of address for males of any age; bro
Derived terms
[edit]- arco da velha
- jogo da velha
- velhaco
- velhão (augmentative)
- velhinho (diminutive), velhote (diminutive), velhozinho (diminutive)
- velhíssimo (superlative)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Interjection
[edit]velho!
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- Finnish terms borrowed from Old East Slavic
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- Finnish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/elho
- Rhymes:Finnish/elho/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
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- Portuguese 2-syllable words
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- Portuguese nouns
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