moleque
Portuguese
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editEtymology
editPerhaps from Kimbundu muleke (“boy”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
editmoleque m (plural moleques, feminine moleca, feminine plural molecas)
- (Brazil, archaic) pickaninny
- (Brazil) brat, imp (naughty boy)
- (Brazil) (by extension) any boy or young man
- (Brazil, by extension, derogatory) any male perceived as naughty, immature, or similar
- (Brazil) any funny or amusing person
- (Brazil) a magnet used to remove iron from gold powder
Derived terms
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from Kimbundu
- Portuguese terms derived from Kimbundu
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛki
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛki/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛkɨ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛkɨ/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Portuguese terms with archaic senses
- Portuguese derogatory terms
- pt:People