chulé
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Maybe borrowed from Romani chullí and influenced by pé (“foot”).[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛ
- Hyphenation: chu‧lé
Noun
[edit]chulé m (plural chulés)
- (colloquial) bromodosis (smelly-foot odor)
Adjective
[edit]chulé m or f (plural chulés)
- (Brazil, derogatory, colloquial) cheesy, lousy (cheap, of poor quality)
References
[edit]- ^ “chulé”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “chulé”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- ^ “chulé”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- ^ “chulé”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
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- Portuguese 2-syllable words
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