Masculine
tesouro
- (masculine) treasure (collection of valuable things)
- (masculine) Treasury (department responsible for management of public revenue)
- (masculine) treasure (any single thing that one values greatly)
- (masculine) treasure (a term of endearment)
- (masculine) a reference work where terms are grouped together according to their subject
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/teˈzo(w).ɾu/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tesouro, from Latin thēsaurus (“treasure; hoard”), from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse; treasure”). Doublet of the borrowing tesauro.
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