freio

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾej.u/ [ˈfɾeɪ̯.u]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɐj.u/

• (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)

1. brake (device used to slow or stop a vehicle)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) travão, (Brazil) breque

   Antonym: acelerador

2. (anatomy) frenulum

   Synonym: frênulo

3. 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

Etymology 2

Verb

freio

1. first-person singular present indicative of frear
2. first-person singular present indicative of freiar

Further reading

• “freio”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “freio”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024