xaveco

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chaveco (misspelling)

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Arabic شَبَّاك (šabbāk, “fishing boat; small warship”). Compare xávega.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈvɛ.ku/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈvɛ.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈvɛ.ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɐˈbɛ.ku/ [ʃɐˈβɛ.ku]

• Hyphenation: xa‧ve‧co

Noun

xaveco m (plural xavecos)

1. (historical) xebec (Arabic transport ship)
2. (colloquial) a small, old and poorly built boat
3. (Brazil, colloquial) flirting (talk in which one intends to seduce a person)

   Synonyms: paquera, cantada

4. (Brazil) knavery, trickery

   Synonym: patifaria

5. (Brazil) trifle (something or someone without much importance)
6. (Brazil, derogatory) hag (old and ugly woman)

Derived terms

• xavecagem
• xavecar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

xaveco

1. first-person singular present indicative of xavecar

Further reading

• “xaveco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “chaveco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “xaveco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “xaveco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “xaveco”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025