Tejo

See also: tejo, TEJO, tejó, and tejō

German

Alternative forms

• Tajo

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Tejo (see for more).

Proper noun

Tejo

1. the Tagus river, especially the Portuguese portion of it

Portuguese

rio Tejo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Tejo, from Latin Tagus. The change from /ɡ/ to /ʒ/ was an influence of Arabic /d͡ʒ/, while the change from /a/ to /e/ corresponded to a process of imala, absent in Spanish.

Cognate with Galician Texo, Mirandese Teijo, Asturian Texu, Spanish Tajo, Aragonese Tacho and Catalan Tajo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/, (proscribed) /ˈtɐ(j).ʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/, (proscribed) /ˈtɐ(j).ʒu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/

• Hyphenation: Te‧jo

Proper noun

Tejo m

1. Tagus (a river in Portugal and Spain)
   • 1914, Alberto Caeiro, O Tejo é mais belo que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia:

     O Tejo é mais bello que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia

     The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village

Derived terms

• Alentejo
• circatejano
• Ribatejo

 

Related terms

• tágide