cheio

Alternative forms

• cheo, cheyo (obsolete)
• tcheio (North Portugal)
• chêi (Caipira)

Etymology

Earlier cheo. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese chẽo, from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

Compare Galician cheo, Spanish lleno, Catalan ple, French plein, Italian pieno, Romanian plin, and English full. Doublet of pleno, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eju, -ɐju, -eu
• Hyphenation: chei‧o

Adjective

cheio (feminine cheia, masculine plural cheios, feminine plural cheias, comparable, comparative mais cheio, superlative o mais cheio or cheiíssimo, diminutive cheiinho)

1. full, filled, completed

   Synonyms: repleto, completo, lotado, pleno

   Antonym: vazio

   A rua está cheia de trânsito. ― The street is full of traffic.

   Estou cheio. ― I'm full (not hungry anymore).

   uma mão cheia ― a handful, a fistful

2. covered

   Synonym: coberto

   A rua está cheia de óleo.

   The street is covered with oil.

3. (figurative) fed up, tired, annoyed

   Synonym: farto

   Estou cheio dele. ― I'm fed up with him.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkejo]

Noun

cheio f

1. vocative singular of cheie