freio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾej.u/ [ˈfɾeɪ̯.u]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾej.o/ [ˈfɾeɪ̯.o]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɐj.u/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾej.u/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾej.u/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾe.u/

Hyphenation: frei‧o

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese frẽo, from Latin frēnum (“harness; bit; curb”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- (“to hold”). Cognate with Spanish freno and French frein.

Noun

freio m (plural freios)

brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)
Synonyms: (Portugal) travão, (Brazil) breque

Antonym: acelerador
(anatomy) frenulum
Synonym: frênulo
bit (piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to reins to direct the animal)

Holonyms

(bit): rédea, arreio

Derived terms

freio ABS

Related terms

freada
freado
frear
frenação
frenagem
frenar

Verb

freio

first-person singular present indicative of frear
first-person singular present indicative of freiar

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