tomo

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) volume, tome (book which is part of a series)
2. (figuratively, masculine) importance; value
3. (figuratively, masculine) fundament; basis
4. (figuratively, masculine) part; component

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of tomar

tomar

1. (transitive) to take (to get something into one’s possession or control)
2. (transitive) to take (to get something into one’s possession or control)
3. (transitive) to take (to get something into one’s possession or control)
4. (transitive) to take; to receive (to be the victim of an interaction)
5. (transitive) to put into practice
6. (transitive) to take for; to consider; to regard (to have a certain opinion about someone or something)
7. (transitive) to take into the body
8. (broadly, intransitive, transitive) to take into the body
9. (transitive) to take into the body
10. (transitive) to take; to experience, undergo (to put oneself into, to be subjected to)

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Concepts

tome

division

element

graft

partition

piece

part

volume

Synonyms

parte

porção

secção

pedaço

volume

calhamaço

Translations

Band

τόμος

deel

parte

porción

partie

morceau

band

part

Ausschnitt

Abteilung

Bauteil

منْطِقة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtõ.mu/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: tomus

In summary

Borrowed from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, to separate”).