cosquento

Portuguese

Etymology

From cosca +‎ -ento or an alteration of coceguento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kosˈkẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kosˈkẽ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koʃˈkẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kosˈkẽ.to/

Adjective

cosquento (feminine cosquenta, masculine plural cosquentos, feminine plural cosquentas)

1. (Brazil, informal) Synonym of coceguento (“ticklish”)

Further reading

• “cosquento”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “cosquento”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024