Tejo

See also: tejo, TEJO, tejó, and tejō

German

Alternative forms

Tajo

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Tejo (see for more).

Proper noun

Tejo

the Tagus river, especially the Portuguese portion of it

Portuguese

rio Tejo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Tejo, from Latin Tagus.[1] The change from /ɡ/ to /ʒ/ was an influence of Arabic /d͡ʒ/, while the change from /a/ to /e/ corresponded to a process of imala, absent in Spanish.[2]

Cognate with Galician Texo, Mirandese Teijo, Asturian Texu, Spanish Tajo, Aragonese Tacho and Catalan Tajo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/, (proscribed) /ˈtɐ(j).ʒu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛ.ʒu/

Hyphenation: Te‧jo

Proper noun

Tejo m

Tagus (a river in Portugal and Spain)
- 1914, Alberto Caeiro, O Tejo é mais belo que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia:
  O Tejo é mais bello que o rio que corre pela minha aldeia
  The Tagus is more beautiful than the river that flows through my village

Derived terms

Related terms

tágide

References

“Tejo” in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
'Contributos para o estudo da potamonímia portuguesa a norte do Mondego' by Carlos Rocha

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[1] “Tejo” in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

[2] 'Contributos para o estudo da potamonímia portuguesa a norte do Mondego' by Carlos Rocha