biombo – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of biombo

Noun: biombo
Gender: m Hyphenation:
Singular mbiombo
Plural mbiombos

Sample Sentences

  • Estremeci de prazer. S. Paulo era um fragil biombo, destinado a ser arredado um dia, em vez da grossa parede espiritual e eterna. [1899, Machado de Assis, chapter XVIII, in Dom Casmurro, Rio de Janeiro: H. Garnier, Livreiro-Editor, page 58:]

Etymology

1. Etymology tree
2. Middle Chinese 屏風 /屏风 (beng pjuwng)der.
3. Japanese 屏風 (byōbu)bor.
4. Portuguese biombo
5. Borrowed from Japanese 屏風(びょうぶ) (byōbu, “folding screen”).

Verbs referencing "biombo"

Galician Nouns biombo, Spanish Nouns biombo.

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