rabisco

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbis.ku/ [haˈbis.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbis.ku/ [haˈbis.ku]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbiʃ.ku/ [χaˈbiʃ.ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbis.ko/ [haˈbis.ko]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈbiʃ.ku/ [ʁɐˈβiʃ.ku]

• Hyphenation: ra‧bis‧co

Etymology 1

From rabo (“tail”) and risco (“line”).

Noun

rabisco m (plural rabiscos)

1. scrawl; scribble (irregular handwriting)
   • 2015, Joana Rita, Café Central, Revista Gerador Numero 3, page 44

     A arte urbana é muitas, muitas coisas, desde o tag, o rabisco, que um miúdo faz com carvão na parede que estava branca, até aos grandes murais que são mais arte publica do que outra coisa, ...

     Street art is many different things, from the tag, a charcoaled scribble put on a formerly white wall by some kid, to the big murals which are more public art than anything else, ....

   Synonym: garrancho

2. doodle (rough drawing)

Etymology 2

Verb

rabisco

1. first-person singular present indicative of rabiscar