xexelento

Portuguese

Etymology

From xexé +‎ -l- +‎ -ento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃe.ʃeˈlẽ.tu/ (Brazil)
• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: xe‧xe‧len‧to

Adjective

xexelento (feminine xexelenta, masculine plural xexelentos, feminine plural xexelentas)

1. (Brazil, derogatory, colloquial, of a person) attributes a number of negative qualities
   1. dirty, stinky and/or untidy
   2. annoying and/or captious
   3. inferior, worthless
2. (Brazil, colloquial) crappy, worthless, of poor quality (of a thing)

Further reading

• “xexelento”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “xexelento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024