breguice

Portuguese

Etymology

From brega +‎ -ice.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾɛˈɡi.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾɛˈɡi.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾɛˈɡi.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɛˈɡi.sɨ/ [bɾɛˈɣi.sɨ]

• Rhymes: -isi, -isɨ
• Hyphenation: bre‧gui‧ce

Noun

breguice f (plural breguices)

1. (Brazil) tackiness, unfashionableness

Further reading

• “breguice”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “breguice”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024