tolete

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French tolet (“rowlock, oarlock; thole”), from Old Norse þollr, from Proto-Germanic *þullaz (“thole”), from Proto-Indo-European *tul-nó- (“bulge, peg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈlete̝/
• Hyphenation: to‧le‧te

Noun

tolete m (plural toletes)

1. (nautical) thole; rowlock, oarlock

Derived terms

• toleteira

References

• “tolete”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tolete”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tolete”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tolete”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈle.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈle.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /toˈle.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tuˈle.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: to‧le‧te

Noun

tolete m (plural toletes)

1. (nautical) thole (pin serving as the fulcrum of the oars)
2. a sharpened stick used by Native Americans in hunting for alligators
3. (Brazil, vulgar) turd (a piece of excrement)

   Synonyms: cagalhão, troço

References

• “tolete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “tolete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “tolete”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “tolete”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “tolete” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tolet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈlete/ [t̪oˈle.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: to‧le‧te

Noun

tolete m (plural toletes)

1. (nautical) thole
2. bat; cudgel
3. (Cuba, Dominican Republic, vulgar) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Derived terms

• toletazo
• toletero

Further reading

• “tolete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10