piparote

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish papirote.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.paˈɾɔ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.paˈɾɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.paˈɾɔ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pi.pɐˈɾɔ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: pi‧pa‧ro‧te

Noun

piparote m (plural piparotes)

1. fillip (the act of releasing a finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap)

   Synonym: peteleco

   1. (by extension) admonition

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:piparote.

Related terms

• sinal do piparote

Verb

piparote

1. inflection of piparotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “piparote”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “piparote”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “piparote”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “piparote”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024