triângulo

See also: triangulo, triángulo, and trianguló

Portuguese

triângulo (shape)

triângulo (martial arts)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Italic *trēs

Latin trēs

Latin angulus

Latin triangulus

Latin triangulum

lbor.

Portuguese triângulo

Learned borrowing from Latin triangulum. Sense 2 is a partial calque of Japanese 三角絞め (sankaku jime, “triangle choke”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɐ̃.ɡu.lu/ [tɾɪˈɐ̃.ɡu.lu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtɾjɐ̃.ɡu.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɐ̃.ɡu.lu/ [tɾɪˈɐ̃.ɡu.lu], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtɾjɐ̃.ɡu.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɐ̃.ɡu.lo/ [tɾɪˈɐ̃.ɡu.lo], (faster pronunciation) /ˈtɾjɐ̃.ɡu.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɐ̃.ɡu.lu/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈtɾjɐ̃.ɡu.lu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡulu
• Hyphenation: tri‧ân‧gu‧lo

Noun

triângulo m (plural triângulos)

1. (geometry) triangle
2. (martial arts) triangle choke (a type of chokehold that encircles the opponent's neck and one arm with the legs in a configuration similar to the shape of a triangle)
   • 2021 September 13, Rickson Gracie, Peter Maguire, Respire - uma vida em movimento‎^[1], HARLEQUIN, →ISBN:

     Quando começamos, percebi que não haveria meios de agarrá-lo, então deixei que ele furasse minha guarda e o peguei em um triangulo com as pernas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (music) triangle (a percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle)

See also

• cateto
• hipotenusa

Further reading

• Triângulo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• Triângulo (jiu-jitsu) on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• Triângulo (instrumento musical) on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt