botocudo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From botoque (“plug”), in allusion to the wooden disks worn in their lips and ears. See batoque (“spigot”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bo‧to‧cu‧do
Noun edit
botocudo m (plural botocudos, feminine botocuda, feminine plural botocudas)
Descendants edit
Adjective edit
botocudo (feminine botocuda, masculine plural botocudos, feminine plural botocudas)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
botocudo m or f (masculine and feminine plural botocudos)
Noun edit
botocudo m or f by sense (plural botocudos)
Further reading edit
- “botocudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014