percalço

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈkaw.su/ [pehˈkaʊ̯.su]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁˈkaw.su/ [pehˈkaʊ̯.su]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾˈkaw.su/ [peɾˈkaʊ̯.su]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁˈkaw.su/ [peχˈkaʊ̯.su]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻˈkaw.so/ [peɻˈkaʊ̯.so]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈkal.su/ [pɨɾˈkaɫ.su]

• Hyphenation: per‧cal‧ço

Etymology 1

Deverbal from percalçar. Compare Spanish percance.

Noun

percalço m (plural percalços)

1. accident, mishap
2. (figuratively) difficulty
3. profit, benefit

Etymology 2

Verb

percalço

1. first-person singular present indicative of percalçar