tolete

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French tolet (“rowlock, oarlock; thole”), from Old Norse þollr, from Proto-Germanic *þullaz (“thole”), from Proto-Indo-European *tul-nó- (“bulge, peg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈlete̝/
• Hyphenation: to‧le‧te

Noun

tolete m (plural toletes)

1. (nautical) thole; rowlock, oarlock.

Derived terms

• toleteira

References

• “tolete”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tolete”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈlet͡ʃi/
• IPA^(key): /tuˈletɨ/
• Hyphenation: to‧le‧te

Noun

tolete m (plural toletes)

1. (nautical) thole (pin serving as the fulcrum of the oars)
2. turd (a piece of excrement)

Synonyms

• (piece of excrement): cagalhão, troço

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈlete/ [t̪oˈle.t̪e]
• Hyphenation: to‧le‧te

Noun

tolete m (plural toletes)

1. (nautical) thole
2. bat; cudgel
3. (Cuba, Dominican Republic, vulgar) penis

Synonyms

• (penis): See Thesaurus:pene.

Further reading

• “tolete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014