picareta

Portuguese

Etymology

From picar +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.kaˈɾe.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.kaˈɾe.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.kaˈɾe.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pi.kɐˈɾe.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: pi‧ca‧re‧ta

Noun

picareta f (plural picaretas)

1. pickaxe (heavy tool used to break rocks)

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Pikarett

Noun

picareta m or f by sense (plural picaretas)

1. (Brazil, slang) a conman or charlatan

Derived terms

• picaretagem

Further reading

• “picareta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913