toldo
See also: Toldo and toldó
Old High German
Noun
toldo ?
- top, crown (of tree/plant)
Descendants
- Middle High German: tolde
- German: Dolde
Portuguese
Noun
toldo m (plural toldos)
- awning (a rooflike cover extended over or before any place)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoldo/ [ˈt̪ol̪.d̪o]
- Rhymes: -oldo
- Syllabification: tol‧do
Etymology 1
From Old French tialz (“area between the stern and mainmast”), from Proto-Germanic *teldą; see also Middle Dutch telt, Old High German zelt and Old Norse tjald. Cognate with English tilt (“tent fabric and covering”).
Noun
toldo m (plural toldos)
- awning
- 2021 August 26, Eva Saiz, “Los desenterradores de la memoria en la fosa de Pico Reja”, in El País:
- Estudian los cadáveres que yacen entre la arcilla rojiza y los ya dispuestos sobre unas mesas protegidas por toldos.
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- lean-to, wigwam (a simple structure made by indigenous people as housing)
Derived terms
- toldar
Verb
toldo
- first-person singular present indicative of toldar
Further reading
- “toldo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014