estojo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• estôjo (obsolete)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Occitan estug, from Vulgar Latin *studiāre, from Latin studium. Compare Spanish estuche and French étui.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈto.ʒu/, /esˈto.ʒu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈto.ʒu/, /esˈto.ʒu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈto.ʒu/, /eʃˈto.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈto.ʒo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈto.ʒu/

• Rhymes: -oʒu
• Hyphenation: es‧to‧jo

Noun

estojo m (plural estojos)

1. case, pencil case
2. box, container
3. kit
4. set
5. chest
6. (botany, rare) perimedullary region

Derived terms

• estojar
• estojaria
• estojeira
• estojeiro
• estojo-de-luneta
• estojozão
• estojozinho

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɔ.ʒu/, /esˈtɔ.ʒu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɔ.ʒu/, /esˈtɔ.ʒu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɔ.ʒu/, /eʃˈtɔ.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɔ.ʒo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɔ.ʒu/

• Rhymes: -ɔʒu
• Hyphenation: es‧to‧jo

Verb

estojo

1. first-person singular present indicative of estojar

Further reading

• “estojo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “estojo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.