"teta" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛ.tɐ/ Forms: tetas [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, “theta”). Etymology templates: {{bor|pt|grc|θῆτα|t=theta}} Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta, “theta”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} teta m (plural tetas)
  1. theta (name of the Greek letter Θ θ) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Greek letter names Synonyms: theta [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-teta-pt-noun-vDXcWuH~ Disambiguation of Greek letter names: 90 10 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese nouns with irregular gender, Portuguese onomatopoeias Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Portuguese onomatopoeias: 60 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈte.tɐ/ Forms: tetas [plural]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese teta, possibly from Frankish *titta, from Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), from Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”), or less likely Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē). Alternatively, an expressive formation. Compare Spanish teta, French tette, Late Latin titta, Italian tetta. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|teta}} Old Galician-Portuguese teta, {{der|pt|frk|*titta}} Frankish *titta, {{der|pt|gem-pro|*titt-|t=teat; nipple; breast}} Proto-Germanic *titt- (“teat; nipple; breast”), {{der|pt|ine-pro|*tata-|t=father; parent; nipple}} Proto-Indo-European *tata- (“father; parent; nipple”), {{der|pt|grc|τίτθη}} Ancient Greek τίτθη (títthē), {{onomatopoeic|pt|title=expressive}} expressive, {{cog|es|teta}} Spanish teta, {{cog|fr|tette}} French tette, {{cog|la-lat|titta}} Late Latin titta, {{cog|it|tetta}} Italian tetta Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} teta f (plural tetas)
  1. (vulgar when referring to a human’s) tit; teat (projection of mammary gland) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: mama, peito, seio, teto, tetina, úbere, têta [obsolete] Derived forms: teta-de-cabra, teta-de-nega
    Sense id: en-teta-pt-noun-QoL5zSMM Disambiguation of Anatomy: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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