escriptorio

Portuguese

Noun

escriptorio m (plural escriptorios)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of escritório.
    • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Festa [Celebration]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 115:
      Da ultima vez que se tinham encontrado houvera uma confusão de numeros, e Fabiano, com os miolos ardendo, deixara indignado o escriptorio do branco, certo que fôra enganado.
      The last time they had met, there had been a mix-up with numbers, and Fabiano, his mind burning, had left the white man’s office indignant, certain he had been deceived.
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