desenrascanço
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From desenrascar (“to disentangle”) + -anço, from des- (“un-”) + enrascar (“to entangle”), from rasca (“dragnet”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ [de.zẽ.hasˈkɐ̃.su], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ [de.zĩ.hasˈkɐ̃.su], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ [d͡ʒi.zẽ.hasˈkɐ̃.su], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.hasˈkɐ̃.su]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.ʁaʃˈkɐ̃.su/ [de.zẽ.χaʃˈkɐ̃.su], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.ʁaʃˈkɐ̃.su/ [de.zĩ.χaʃˈkɐ̃.su], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.ʁaʃˈkɐ̃.su/ [d͡ʒi.zẽ.χaʃˈkɐ̃.su], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.ʁaʃˈkɐ̃.su/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.χaʃˈkɐ̃.su]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.so/ [de.zẽ.hasˈkɐ̃.so], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.so/ [de.zĩ.hasˈkɐ̃.so]
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
- Hyphenation: de‧sen‧ras‧can‧ço
Noun
[edit]desenrascanço m (plural desenrascanços)
- (Portugal) disentanglement (removal of complications or confusion)
- 1991, Cadernos de Ciências Sociais[1], Edições Afrontamento:
- São, de facto, muitos os jovens, depois os problemas de emprego, que justificam essa tentativa de desenrascanço».
- It is, in fact, many the youth who, after employment problems, justify this disentanglement attempt”.
- (Portugal) hack, improvised solution; a “MacGyverism”
- (uncountable, Portugal) the ability to find improvised solutions to problems
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- Portuguese terms suffixed with -anço
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃su
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃su/5 syllables
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