biscoito

Attested since circa 1750. From Old Galician-Portuguese *biscoito, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice-baked”). Compare Portuguese biscoito, Spanish bizcocho.

• IPA^(key): [bisˈkojtʊ]

biscoito m (plural biscoitos)

1. sponge cake

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “biscoito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “biscoito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “biscoito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• biscouto (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese biscoito, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice-baked”). Compare Galician biscoito, Spanish bizcocho.

• Hyphenation: bis‧coi‧to

biscoito m (plural biscoitos)

1. cookie

   Synonym: (dialect-dependent, some distinguish both) bolacha

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 207:

     Harry engoliu o biscoito [...]

     Harry swallowed the cookie [...]

2. (Brazil, Internet slang) attention, validation

   Quer biscoito.

   He/she wants attention.

• → Krenak: bikot

• “biscoito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “biscoito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025