peteleco

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.teˈlɛ.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.teˈlɛ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.teˈlɛ.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.tɨˈlɛ.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɛku
• Hyphenation: pe‧te‧le‧co

Noun

peteleco m (plural petelecos)

1. (Brazil) fillip (the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap)

   Synonym: piparote

Derived terms

• petelecada

 

Further reading

• “peteleco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024