tocaio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(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)

namesake (person having the same name)
Synonyms: (Portugal) homónimo, (Brazil) homônimo, (Brazil) xará

Verb

tocaio

first-person singular present indicative of tocaiar

References

“tocaio” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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