peito

From Latin pectus (“chest, breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”).

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (anatomy) chest

• IPA^(key): /ˈpejto̝/

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peito, from Latin pectus (“chest, breast”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Compare Portuguese peito.

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (anatomy) thorax
2. chest, breast (front of the thorax)
3. breast (of a woman)
4. (figurative) boldness

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peito, from Latin pactum (“pact”).

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (dated) tribute

• peita
• peitar

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

Inherited from Latin pactum.

peito m

1. payment, tribute

• Galician: peito

• Universo Cantigas - "peito₁"

Inherited from Latin pectus.

peito m

1. chest

• Galician: peito
• Portuguese: peito (see there for further descendants)

• Universo Cantigas - "peito₂"

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peito, from Latin pectus (“chest, breast”), from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”).

• Rhymes: -ejtu, (Portugal) -ɐjtu
• Hyphenation: pei‧to

peito m (plural peitos)

1. (anatomy) chest
2. breast
3. (Brazil, swimming) breaststroke

   Synonym: (Portugal) bruços

• peituga

• apertar
• peitoral
• peitoril

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: pitu

peito

1. kitchen