tijolo
Meaning
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- (masculine) brick
- (masculine) brick
- (figuratively,humorous,masculine,usually) brick
- (masculine) colophon
- (figuratively,humorous,informal,masculine) doorstop (large book)
- (Brazil,masculine) a compact composition with no lead paragraph and few stops
- (Brazil,informal,masculine) wall of text
- (Brazil,informal,masculine) a strong shot that is hard to catch
- (São-Paulo,masculine,obsolete,slang) dating, relationship
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ti‧jo‧lo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/t͡ʃiˈʒo.lu/
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tejuelo, from tejo.
New
tijolar
to brick up (to cover with bricks)
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