tapa-sexo

Portuguese

Etymology

Compound of tapar (“to cover”) +‎ sexo (“sex”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌta.pɐˈsɛk.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌta.pɐˈsɛk.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌta.paˈsɛk.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌta.pɐˈsɛ.ksu/

Noun

tapa-sexo m (plural tapa-sexos)

1. cache-sexe (article of clothing sufficient to cover the genitalia)

Further reading

• “tapa-sexo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024