tocaio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈkaj.u/

• 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

• “tocaio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024