Portuguese

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Etymology

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From picar +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pi‧ca‧re‧ta

Noun

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picareta f (plural picaretas)

  1. pickaxe (heavy tool used to break rocks)

Descendants

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  • Hunsrik: Pikarett

Noun

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picareta m or f by sense (plural picaretas)

  1. (Brazil, slang) a conman or charlatan

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • picareta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913