coceguento

Portuguese

Etymology

From cócega(s) +‎ -ento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.seˈɡẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.seˈɡẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.seˈɡẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.sɨˈɡẽ.tu/ [ku.sɨˈɣẽ.tu]

• Hyphenation: co‧ce‧guen‧to

Adjective

coceguento (feminine coceguenta, masculine plural coceguentos, feminine plural coceguentas)

1. ticklish (sensitive or susceptible to tickling)

   Synonym: (Brazil, informal) cosquento

Further reading

• “coceguento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “coceguento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025