pião

Meaning

spinning top (a type of toy that spins on its axis)

Concepts

top

🔝

spinning top

whirligig

teetotum

spintop

trompo

Translations

Kreisel

🔝

toupie

🔝

σβούρα

trottola

peonza

tol

🔝

trompo

baldufa

draaitol

pirinola

🔝

perinola

deveran

دُوّامة

topaç

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piˈɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: peón

Borrowed from English: pion

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese peon, from Late Latin pedōnem (“pedestrian”), derived from Latin ped- (“foot”). Compare Galician peón.