queijo
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkejʃo/ [ˈkej.ʃʊ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#QUEIJO
Category:Galician terms with audio pronunciation#QUEIJOAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -ejʃoCategory:Rhymes:Galician/ejʃo#QUEIJOCategory:Rhymes:Galician/ejʃo/2 syllables#QUEIJO
- Hyphenation: quei‧jo
Noun
queijo m (plural queijos, reintegrationist norm)Category:Galician lemmas#QUEIJOCategory:Galician nouns#QUEIJOCategory:Galician countable nouns#QUEIJOCategory:Galician terms spelled with J#QUEIJOCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#QUEIJOCategory:Galician masculine nouns#QUEIJOCategory:Pages with entries#QUEIJOCategory:Pages with 3 entries#QUEIJO
- reintegrationist spelling of queixo (“cheese”)Category:Galician reintegrationist forms#QUEIJO
References
- “queijo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#QUEIJOCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese terms derived from Latin#QUEIJO cāseus (“cheese”). Cognate with Old Leonese keso and Old Spanish queso.
Pronunciation
Noun
queijo m (plural queijos)Category:Old Galician-Portuguese lemmas#QUEIJOCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese nouns#QUEIJOCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#QUEIJOCategory:Old Galician-Portuguese masculine nouns#QUEIJOCategory:Pages with entries#QUEIJOCategory:Pages with 3 entries#QUEIJO
- cheese
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 157 (facsimile):
- bon q̇ijo rezente
- good fresh cheese
Descendants
- Fala: queixhu, queixu (Valverdeñu)
- Galician: queixo
- Portuguese: queijo (see there for further descendants)
Portuguese

Etymology
From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#QUEIJOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#QUEIJO queijo (“cheese”), from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#QUEIJOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#QUEIJO cāseus (“cheese”), see there for more. Cognate with Galician queixo, Spanish queso, Italian cacio, Romanian caș and English cheese.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈke(j).ʒu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒu]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#QUEIJOCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#QUEIJO
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈke(j).ʒo/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʒo]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#QUEIJOCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#QUEIJO
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɐj.ʒu/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#QUEIJOCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#QUEIJO
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkej.ʒu/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#QUEIJOCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#QUEIJO
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkej.ʒu/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#QUEIJOCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#QUEIJO
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈke.ʒu/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#QUEIJOCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#QUEIJO
Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#QUEIJOAudio (Portugal): (file)
Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#QUEIJOAudio (Portugal): (file) - Rhymes: (Brazil) -ejʒu, -eʒu, (Portugal) -ɐjʒuCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/ejʒu#QUEIJOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/ejʒu/2 syllables#QUEIJOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/eʒu#QUEIJOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/eʒu/2 syllables#QUEIJOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐjʒu#QUEIJOCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐjʒu/2 syllables#QUEIJO
- Hyphenation: quei‧jo
Noun
queijo m (plural queijos)Category:Portuguese lemmas#QUEIJOCategory:Portuguese nouns#QUEIJOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#QUEIJOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#QUEIJOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#QUEIJOCategory:Pages with entries#QUEIJOCategory:Pages with 3 entries#QUEIJO
- cheese (dairy product)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “queijo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “queijo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “queijo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “queijo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
