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Meaning of peto | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
ˈpeto̝

Definitions

  1. woodpecker
    masculine
  2. money box; poor box
    masculine
  3. pocket
    masculine
  4. nest egg, savings
    figuratively, masculine
  5. Equivalent to 'poor box': A locked box with a slot for depositing coins, usually placed in churches to accept donations for the needy.

Equivalents

Examples

“Iten tordos et melrras cada hũu a coroado. Iten petos et pegas et agoanetas a quatro coroados cada ũu. Iten pasaros miudos et ouos a coroado.”

Item thrushes and blackbirds, each one one crown. Item, woodpeckers and magpies and snipes, four crowns each one. Item, small birds and eggs, a crown.

“1288, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Historia de la Santa A. M. Iglesia de Santiago de Compostela, V, nº 43, pages 113-115”

with money of the moneybox and other purses

“iten vnna yxola de peto, iten un escoupre, iten vn traado, iten vnna tarabela, iten dous bingueletes, iten duas serras de mao”

item, a pocket adze; item, a chisel; item, a drill; item, an auger; item, two gimlets; item, two handsaws

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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