tecer

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to weave; to spin
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to devise
  3. (figuratively, transitive) to scheme, to plot

Synonyms

entretecer

fazer meias

fazer rendas

Frequency

38k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/teˈse(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tecer, from Latin texere, from Proto-Italic *teksō, either from Proto-Indo-European *tḗtḱ-ti or from *teḱ-se-ti, both from *teḱ- (“to beget, produce”). Compare Galician tecer, Spanish tejer.

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