X-caboquinho

English

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese x-caboquinho, from x- (prefix forming names of food items), a back-formation from X-búrguer, from English cheeseburger with xis (name of the letter X) approximating English cheese, + caboquinho, a diminutive of caboco (“caboclo”) with -inho.[1]

Noun

X-caboquinho (uncountable)

  1. A type of Brazilian sandwich consisting of sliced buttered marraqueta bread and other ingredients.

References

  1. ^ “caboquinho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Further reading

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