tostão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French teston, from Italian testone.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tusˈtɐ̃w̃/ [tusˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /tosˈtɐ̃w̃/ [tosˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tusˈtɐ̃w̃/ [tusˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /tosˈtɐ̃w̃/ [tosˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tuʃˈtɐ̃w̃/ [tuʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /toʃˈtɐ̃w̃/ [toʃˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuʃˈtɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: tos‧tão

Noun

tostão m (plural tostões)

1. (historical) an old nickel coin
2. (informal) an indeterminate amount of money (usually a small amount)

   Ele não tem um tostão. ― He doesn't have any money.

Related terms

• testa

 

Further reading

• “tostão”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “tostão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024