pentelho
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editFrom Vulgar Latin *pectinī̆culum, diminutive of Latin pecten (“pubic hair, comb”). By surface analysis, pente + -elho.
Compare Galician pentello, Spanish pendejo.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eʎu
- Hyphenation: pen‧te‧lho
Noun
editpentelho m (plural pentelhos)
- (vulgar) pube (a pubic hair)
- (vulgar, mostly in the plural) peanuts (something of liitle importance)
Noun
editpentelho m (plural pentelhos, feminine pentelha, feminine plural pentelhas)
- (Brazil, vulgar, informal, derogatory) brat (a young boy, especially an annoying one)
Related terms
editAdjective
editpentelho (feminine pentelha, masculine plural pentelhos, feminine plural pentelhas)
- (Brazil, vulgar, informal, derogatory) bratty
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:pentelho.
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ɛʎu
- Hyphenation: pen‧te‧lho
Verb
editpentelho
Further reading
edit- “pentelho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “pentelho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peḱ- (pluck)
- Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms suffixed with -elho
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/eʎu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/eʎu/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese vulgarities
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Portuguese informal terms
- Portuguese derogatory terms
- Portuguese adjectives
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛʎu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛʎu/3 syllables
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese verb forms
- pt:Genitalia
- pt:Hair
- pt:Children