toldo

== Galician == === Verb === toldo first-person singular present indicative of toldar == Old High German == === Etymology === Apparently related to tola (“grape stalk”), which Kluge compares to Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, “dome”), θάλλω (thállō, “to bloom, sprout”). === Noun === toldo ? top, crown (of tree/plant) ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: tolde German: Dolde == Portuguese == === Etymology === Probably related to the Spanish below, but compare Arabic [script needed] (dholla). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. is it ظلة? === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: tol‧do === Noun === toldo m (plural toldos) awning (a rooflike cover extended over or before any place) === References === === Further reading === “toldo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “toldo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoldo/ [ˈt̪ol̪.d̪o] Rhymes: -oldo Syllabification: tol‧do === Etymology 1 === Apparently from Old French tialz (“area between the stern and mainmast, awning”), borrowed from Old Norse tjald or another Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *teldą. See also Middle Dutch telt, Old High German zelt and Old Norse tjald. Cognate with English tilt (“tent fabric and covering”). ==== Noun ==== toldo m (plural toldos) awning, (loosely) canopy (Rioplatense, Bolivia) lean-to, wigwam (a simple structure made by indigenous people as housing) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== toldo first-person singular present indicative of toldar === Further reading === “toldo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025