fuxico

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuˈʃi.ku/

  • Hyphenation: fu‧xi‧co

Etymology 1

Deverbal from fuxicar.[1][2]

Noun

fuxico m (plural fuxicos)

  1. (colloquial) gossip
    Synonyms: fofoca, intriga, mexerico
  2. (colloquial) the act of prying or being nosy (i.e. meddling with something that is not one's affair)
  3. (Brazil) a poorly made patch on a piece of cloth
  4. (sewing) yo-yo (a cloth rosette)
  5. (Brazil, colloquial) an indecent or scandalous affective relationship
  6. (Northeastern, colloquial) a very close affective relationship

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fuxico

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fuxicar

References

  1. ^ “fuxico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
  2. ^ “fuxico”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
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