torneo

See also: torneó

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese torneo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French tornoi or Old Occitan tornei, from Latin tornō (“I turn; I lathe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɔɾˈneʊ]

Noun

torneo m (plural torneos)

1. tourney, tournament

   Synonym: xusta

   • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 725:

     Et aly ouue hũu torneo soado, que disserõ de Astela, por que foy soado; ca ali sse prouarõ en armas moytos caualeyros.

     And there it was held a famous tournament, that they called of Estela, that was famous; because there many knight proved themselves in arms

2. competition, contest

   Synonym: competición

Related terms

• tornar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “torneo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “torneo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “torneo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “torneo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

From Old French tornoi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torˈnɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: tor‧nè‧o

Noun

torneo m (plural tornei)

1. tournament
2. competition (sports)

Further reading

• torneo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Oronte, noterò, rotone, tonerò

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾˈneo/ [t̪oɾˈne.o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: tor‧ne‧o

Etymology 1

From torno +‎ -eo.

Noun

torneo m (plural torneos)

1. tournament; tourney
2. competition; contest

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

torneo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tornear

Further reading

• “torneo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish torneo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /toɾˈneo/ [t̪oɾˈn̪ɛː.o]
• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: tor‧ne‧o

Noun

torneo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜈᜒᜌᜓ)

1. (sports) tournament; tourney

   Synonyms: paligsahan, timpalak

Further reading

• “torneo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “torneo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.