# queixo
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈke.ʃu]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈke.ʃo]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈkej.ʃo]

### Verb

queixo
* only used in em queixo, first-person singular present indicative of queixar-se

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkejʃo/ [ˈkej.ʃʊ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ejʃo
* Hyphenation: quei‧xo

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese queijo, from Latin cāseus (“cheese”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwh₂et- (“to ferment, become sour”). Compare Portuguese queijo, Spanish queso.

#### Alternative forms

* queijo (reintegrationist)

#### Noun

queixo m (plural queixos)
* cheese
** 1286, Miguel Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 1131:
    huna escaa de manteyga et dous queygiosa bowl of butter and two cheeses

##### Related terms

* queixaría
* queixeiro
* requeixo

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese queixo, from Vulgar Latin *capseus, from Latin capsa (“box”); compare with Portuguese queixo, cf. also Spanish quijada.

#### Noun

queixo m (plural queixos)
* (anatomy) chin
** 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 275:Et auj́a o nariz alto por mesura et a boca ben feyta et dentes ben postos et brãcos et o queixo quadrado et o colo longo et as espádoas anchas et os peytos moyto enformados.He had a high and measured nose and his mouth was well formed; the teeth, well disposed, were white; and the chin was square and the neck long, his shoulders were broad, and his breast well developed

##### Related terms

* queixada

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

queixo
* first-person singular present indicative of queixar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “queixo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “queijo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “queixo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “queyg”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “queixo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “queixo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “queixo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* queyxo (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈke(j).ʃu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʃu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈke(j).ʃu/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʃu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈke(j).ʃo/ [ˈke(ɪ̯).ʃo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɐj.ʃu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɐj.ʃu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈkej.ʃu/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈkej.ʃu/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈke.ʃu/
* Rhymes: -eʃu, -ejʃu, -ɐjʃu
* Hyphenation: quei‧xo

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese queixo, from Vulgar Latin *capseus, from Latin capsa (“box”).

#### Noun

queixo m (plural queixos)
* (anatomy) chin (bottom of the face)
    Synonym: (less common) mento
* each of the curved parts of the turquoise or other similar instruments

##### Derived terms

* cair de queixo
* cair o queixo
* de queixo caído
* quebra-queixo
* queixal
* queixão
* queixinho
* queixo duplo
* queixo-duro
* queixudo

##### Related terms

* queixada

##### Descendants

* → Nheengatu: kexu

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

queixo
* first-person singular present indicative of queixar

### Further reading

* “queixo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “queixo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025