semancol

Portuguese

Etymology

From se mancar + -ol, as in a medicine, usually in the expression tomar (chá de) semancol

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.mɐ̃ˈkɔw/ [se.mɐ̃ˈkɔʊ̯]

• Hyphenation: se‧man‧col

Noun

semancol m (uncountable)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) the ability to gauge one's own actions as appropriate or not; the ability of reading the room.