xaveco
Portuguese edit
Etymology 1 edit
Ultimately from Arabic شَبَّاك (šabbāk, “fishing boat; small warship”).[1] Compare xávega.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: xa‧ve‧co
Noun edit
xaveco m (plural xavecos)
- (historical) xebec (Arabic transport ship)
- (colloquial) a small, old and poorly built boat
- (Brazil, colloquial) flirting (talk in which one intends to seduce a person)
- (Brazil) knavery, trickery
- Synonym: patifaria
- (Brazil) trifle (something or someone without much importance)
- (Brazil, derogatory) hag (old and ugly woman)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
xaveco
References edit
- ^ “xaveco” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.