beijo

Galician

Noun

beijo m (plural beijos, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of beixo

References

• “beijo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbe(j).ʒu/ [ˈbe(ɪ̯).ʒu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbe(j).ʒu/ [ˈbe(ɪ̯).ʒu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbe(j).ʒo/ [ˈbe(ɪ̯).ʒo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐj.ʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐj.ʒu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbej.ʒu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbej.ʒu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ʒu/

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• Rhymes: (Brazil, Central and Northern Portugal) -ejʒu, (Brazil, Southern Portugal) -eʒu, (Portugal) -ɐjʒu
• Homophone: vejo (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: bei‧jo

Etymology 1

beijo

From Old Galician-Portuguese beijo, from Vulgar Latin *baisu(m), from Latin bāsium, from Proto-Indo-European *bu.

Noun

beijo m (plural beijos)

1. kiss (touch with the lips)
2. (Cape Verde) meringue (mixture of beaten egg whites and sugar)

   Synonyms: suspiro, merengue

Derived terms

• beija-flor
• beijaço
• beijar
• beijinho
• beijo da paz
• beijo de esquimó
• beijo de língua
• beijo de moça
• beijo francês
• beijo grego
• beijo indireto
• beijo linguado
• beijo técnico
• beijo-de-frade
• beijo-de-freira
• beijo-de-moça
• beijo-de-palmas
• beijoca
• um beijo

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: beje, beju

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

beijo

1. first-person singular present indicative of beijar

Further reading

• “beijo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “beijo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025