maio

See also: Maio

Galician

Os maios
Os maios

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mayo, from Latin Maius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmajo/ [ˈma̠.jʊ]
  • Rhymes: -ajo

Noun

maio m (plural maios)

  1. May
    Maio me molla, maio me enxuga, con raza de sol e raza de chuvia (traditional song)
    May soaks me, May makes me dry, with rays of sun and gusts of rain
  2. (in the plural) traditional celebration held the first day of May
  3. vegetable construction made for this celebration
  4. person that during the aforementioned feast covers his or her clothes with flowers and twigs
  5. traditional song sing during the celebrations held the first day of May

See also

References

  • mayo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • mayo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • maio” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • maio” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • maio” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Interlingua

Noun

maio (plural maios)

  1. May (month)

See also

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mayo, from Latin Maius.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaj.u/ [ˈmaɪ̯.u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmaj.o/ [ˈmaɪ̯.o]

  • Rhymes: -aju
  • Hyphenation: mai‧o
  • (file)

Noun

maio m (plural maios)

  1. May

Descendants

  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: mai
  • Kabuverdianu: mai, maiu
  • Tetum: maiu

See also

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