Polyglot Dictionary

meio-fio

/ˌmejuˈfiu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os meios-fios

Meaning

  1. kerb

    Built from meio (half) + fio (edge).

    • Parou junto ao meio-fio.

      He stopped by the kerb.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • meio half
  • fio edge

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Bordstein

Bordstein is the German word for the same thing — both mean "kerb."

Spanish

bordillo

bordillo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "kerb."

Practice

1 What does meio-fio mean?

2 Fill the gap: Parou junto ao ___-fio.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches meio-fio?

nouncompound

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