tchau

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === chau, xau (Portugal) ciao (dated) === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian ciao, from Venetan s-ciao (“slave”). Doublet of escravo, eslavo, esloveno, and esclavão / eslavão. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aw Hyphenation: tchau === Interjection === tchau goodbye; bye; see you Synonyms: (somewhat formal) adeus, (Brazil) até mais, (Brazil, informal) até, (Brazil,informal, eye dialect) té, (Brazil,informal, regional, eye dialect) inté, (Brazil, slang) falou, (familiar) abraço ==== Derived terms ==== tchau tchau tchauzinho === Noun === tchau m (plural tchaus) goodbye (an instance of wishing goodbye, especially with the word tchau) === Further reading === “tchau”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tchau”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026