techo

See also: techó and techō

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish techo (“roof”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tet͡ʃu/ [te.t͡ʃu] (Ternateño)

• Hyphenation: te‧cho

Noun

techo

1. roof

Old Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tēctum.

Noun

techo m

1. roof
2. (by extension) house, dwelling
   • 1263, Document from San Vicente monastery‎^[1]:

     pertenecer deue controzos, lantado, techos, aramios, salidas hie entradas tambien dentro uila commo fora por los montes

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1263, Asturian document from the 13th century‎^[2]:

     que a nos hy pertenez con todos sos derechos e petenençias, corrales, lavorias, techos, fontes, montes, felgueras, molneras, roças, devisas, lavrado e por lavrar, dondo e bravo, dientro e fora, a monte e a valle, volo vendemos commo ia decho ye

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Asturian: techu, (Western) teitu

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtet͡ʃo/ [ˈt̪e.t͡ʃo]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -etʃo
• Syllabification: te‧cho

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tēctum. Compare Portuguese teto, Galician teito, French toit and Italian tetto.

Noun

techo m (plural techos)

1. ceiling
2. roof

Derived terms

• hasta el techo
• sin techo
• techar
• techo a dos aguas
• techo de cristal
• techo solar
• tirar manteca al techo

See also

• teja f
• tejado m

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

techo

1. first-person singular present indicative of techar

Further reading

• “techo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025