tabuleiro
See also: Tabuleiro
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- taboleiro (obsolete)
- taboleyro (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese tavoleiro (“gameboard”), probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin tabula (“board”) on account of the preserved 'l'; later re-Latinized based on the Latin etymon.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.buˈle(j).ɾu/ [ta.buˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.buˈle(j).ɾo/ [ta.buˈle(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.buˈlɐj.ɾu/ [tɐ.βuˈlɐj.ɾu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.buˈlej.ɾu/ [tɐ.βuˈlej.ɾu]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ.buˈle.ɾu/ [tɐ.βuˈle.ɾu]
Noun
tabuleiro m (plural tabuleiros)
- gameboard (portable surface on which a game is played)
- (figurative) a region or field where a dispute occurs
- A Europa foi um tabuleiro durante a segunda guerra mundial.
- Europe was a gameboard during the Second World War.
- No tabuleiro político, ganha quem investir mais em publicidade.
- In the political gameboard, he who invests most in publicity wins.
- baking tray (oven-proof metallic tray used to hold foods in the oven)
- Synonyms: assadeira, forma
- tray (rigid object upon which things are carried)
- Synonyms: bandeja, tábua
- landing (in-between platform or large bottom-most or top-most step of a staircase)
- Synonym: patamar
- a long table for displaying goods in a market stall
- (North Brazil) a beach where turtles lay their eggs
- (Brazil) a sandbank which appears when the water level is low
- (Brazil, geography) a plain with low vegetation
- the floor of a cart
- (architecture) the horizontal support of a bridge
Derived terms
- tabuleirinho (diminutive), tabuleirozinho (diminutive)
- tabuleirão (augmentative)
- Tabuleiro
Related terms
- tabela
- tábua
- tabuada
- tabuado
- tabuame
- távola