veio

See also: Veio, véio, and vêio

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From veia (“vein”).

Alternative forms

vêio (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvej.u/
(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɐj.u/, /ˈvej.u/
Hyphenation: vei‧o
Rhymes: -eju

Noun

veio m (plural veios)

vein (stripe or streak of a different colour or composition)
(geology, mining) vein (thin deposit of a mineral or metal)
rivulet (a very small stream)

Synonyms

(stripe): estria
(thin deposit): filão, veeiro
(rivulet): regato

Alternative forms

veyo (obsolete)
veo (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɐj.u/, /ˈvej.u/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvej.u/
Hyphenation: vei‧o
Rhymes: -eju

Verb

veio

third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) preterite indicative of vir

Alternative forms

véio

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.ju/

Noun

veio m (plural veios, feminine veia, feminine plural veias)

Eye dialect spelling of velho, representing Caipira Portuguese.
(Brazil, slang) bro (informal term of address for a friend)

Adjective

veio m (feminine singular veia, masculine plural veios, feminine plural veias, comparable)

Eye dialect spelling of velho, representing Caipira Portuguese.

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