riquixá
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 力車 (rikisha), a clipping of 人力車 (jinrikisha).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: ri‧qui‧xá
Noun
[edit]riquixá m (plural riquixás)
- rickshaw (two-wheeled carriage)
- Synonym: jinriquixá
Further reading
[edit]- “riquixá”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “riquixá”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025