feitio
Portuguese
Etymology
From feito (“done, made”) + -io. Cognate with Galician feitío.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fejˈt͡ʃi.u/ [feɪ̯ˈt͡ʃi.u], /fejˈt͡ʃiw/ [feɪ̯ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐjˈti.u/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /fejˈti.u/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /fejˈti.u/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /feˈti.u/
- Hyphenation: fei‧ti‧o
Noun
feitio m (plural feitios)
- form; shape (visible structure of something)
- Synonym: forma
- O seu rosto tinha um feitio horrível.
- His face had a horrible shape.
- manner (the way something or someone acts of behaves)
- work (something done or made by someone)
- Synonym: trabalho
- Este assassinato é feitio duma gangue.
- This murder is some gang’s work.