velho
Finnish
Etymology
From Russian волхв (volxv, “mage”), from Old East Slavic вълхвъ (vŭlxvŭ).
Pronunciation
Noun
velho
Declension
Inflection of velho (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | velho | velhot | ||
genitive | velhon | velhojen | ||
partitive | velhoa | velhoja | ||
illative | velhoon | velhoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | velho | velhot | ||
accusative | nom. | velho | velhot | |
gen. | velhon | |||
genitive | velhon | velhojen | ||
partitive | velhoa | velhoja | ||
inessive | velhossa | velhoissa | ||
elative | velhosta | velhoista | ||
illative | velhoon | velhoihin | ||
adessive | velholla | velhoilla | ||
ablative | velholta | velhoilta | ||
allative | velholle | velhoille | ||
essive | velhona | velhoina | ||
translative | velhoksi | velhoiksi | ||
abessive | velhotta | velhoitta | ||
instructive | — | velhoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese vello, from Vulgar Latin veclus, from Latin vetulus, diminutive of vetus, from Proto-Indo-European *wétos (“year”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ve‧lho
Adjective
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- old; ancient (having existed for a long period of time)
- Essa escultura é velha.
- This sculpture is old.
- (of a living being) old; aged (having lived for most of the expected years)
- Pararei de trabalhar depois de ficar velho.
- I will stop working after I become old.
- (of an object) old (that has been used for a considerable period of time)
- Li um livro tão velho que as páginas ficavam caindo.
- I read a book so old that the pages kept falling out.
- old (obsolete or out-of-date)
- Essa teoria já está velha.
- This theory is already obsolete.
Usage notes
Velho may be considered slightly offensive, especially when referring to people.
Inflection
Synonyms
- (ancient): antigo, vetusto, vedro (archaic)
- (old-aged): idoso
- (obsolete): obsoleto, ultrapassado, arcaico, antiquado, vetusto
Antonyms
- (ancient): novo, recente
- (old-aged): novo, jovem, moço
- (used for a considerable period of time): novo
- (obsolete): novo, recente
Derived terms
Derived terms
Noun
velho m (plural velhos, feminine velha, feminine plural velhas)
- (sometimes offensive) an old person
- (slang) father
- (slang, Brazil) an informal form of address for males of any age; bro
Synonyms
- (old person): idoso, coroa (slang)
- (father): pai, papai (childish)
- (term of address for males): mano, cara, bróder
Antonyms
Derived terms
- velhinho, velhozinho (diminutives)
- velhão (augmentative)
- arco da velha
- jogo da velha
- velhaco
Related terms
Descendants
- Kabuverdianu: bedju
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Russian
- Finnish terms derived from Russian
- Finnish terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elho
- Rhymes:Finnish/elho/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese terms with audio links
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese offensive terms
- Portuguese slang
- Brazilian Portuguese
- pt:Age