tabuleiro

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === taboleiro (obsolete) taboleyro (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tavoleiro (“gameboard”), probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin tabula (“board”) on account of the preserved 'l'; later re-Latinized based on the Latin etymon. === Pronunciation === === Noun === tabuleiro m (plural tabuleiros) gameboard (portable surface on which a game is played) (figurative) a region or field where a dispute occurs baking tray (oven-proof metallic tray used to hold foods in the oven) Synonyms: assadeira, forma tray (rigid object upon which things are carried) Synonyms: bandeja, tábua landing (in-between platform or large bottom-most or top-most step of a staircase) Synonym: patamar a long table for displaying goods in a market stall (North Brazil) a beach where turtles lay their eggs (Brazil) a sandbank which appears when the water level is low (Brazil, geography) a plain with low vegetation the floor of a cart (architecture) the horizontal support of a bridge ==== Derived terms ==== tabuleirinho (diminutive), tabuleirozinho (diminutive) tabuleirão (augmentative) Tabuleiro ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “tabuleiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tabuleiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026