trejeito

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾeˈʒej.tu/ [tɾeˈʒeɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾeˈʒej.tu/ [tɾeˈʒeɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾeˈʒej.to/ [tɾeˈʒeɪ̯.to]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɨˈʒɐj.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɨˈʒɐj.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɨˈʒej.tu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɨˈʒej.tu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɨˈʒe.tu/

• Rhymes: -ejtu
• Hyphenation: tre‧jei‧to

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *transjactus, from Latin jactus (whence Portuguese jeito).

Noun

trejeito m (plural trejeitos)

1. jerk (sudden, uncontrolled movement)

   Synonyms: tique, cacoete, espasmo

2. a comical gesture or facial expression

   Synonyms: esgar, careta

Etymology 2

Verb

trejeito

1. first-person singular present indicative of trejeitar