travesseiro
Meaning
- (Brazil,masculine) pillow
- (Portugal,masculine) bolster (a large pillow)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
tra‧ves‧sei‧ro
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɾa.veˈse(j).ɾu/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese travesseyro, from Vulgar Latin *trāversārius, from Latin trānsversārius, from trānsversus. Cognate with Galician traveseiro and Spanish travesero.
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