pecho

• peche

From Vulgar Latin pesclum, from Latin pessulus (“bolt”). Compare Spanish pestillo.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈpet͡ʃo̝/

pecho m (plural pechos)

1. bolt

   Synonym: ferrollo

2. latch
3. peg, wedge used to attach different elements together

• pechar
• pechadura

pecho m (feminine singular pecha, masculine plural pechos, feminine plural pechas)

1. closed

   Cos ollos pechos. ― With closed eyes.

   Synonym: pechado

2. closed in; packed; dense

   Noite pecha. ― Dead of night.

   Synonym: mesto

• “pecho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “pecho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pecho” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pecho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg (“breast”). Compare Catalan pit, Italian petto, Portuguese peito, Romanian piept. See also peto, a doublet borrowed from Italian.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpet͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -etʃo
• Hyphenation: pe‧cho

pecho m (plural pechos)

1. thorax
2. chest; the front of the thorax
3. breast (of a woman)
4. (figuratively) breast, heart; seat of the emotions, feelings, etc.
5. (figuratively) valor, strength, fortitude

• (breast of a woman): mama

• apretar
• pectoral
• petral / pretal
• pretil

pecho

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of pechar.