paquete

See also: paqueté

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈke.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈke.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paˈke.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐˈke.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -etɨ, (most of Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Southern Brazil) -ete
• Hyphenation: pa‧que‧te

Noun

paquete m (plural paquetes)

1. a large steamboat
2. a small cargo and/or messenger sailing ship
3. (by extension) referring to different types of boats
4. (figuratively) an errand boy
5. (Brazil, vulgar) menstruation

Adjective

paquete m or f (plural paquetes)

1. (Brazil) well-dressed

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French paquet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈkete/ [paˈke.t̪e]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: pa‧que‧te

Noun

paquete m (plural paquetes)

1. parcel

   Synonym: (Latin America) encomienda

2. package
3. (colloquial, Spain) chump, useless, butterfingers (an incompetent person)

   Synonyms: manco, zoquete, zopenco, manazas

4. (colloquial, Spain) lunchbox (male genitals enclosed in clothing)
5. (colloquial) scrotum, package

Derived terms

• de paquete
• empaquetar

 

Related terms

• bulto
• empacar

 

Further reading

• “paquete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10