paletó
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- paletot (rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from French paletot, from English paltok.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.leˈtɔ/, /pa.liˈtɔ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pa.lɛˈtɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔ
Noun
paletó m (plural paletós)
- paletot (a loose outer jacket, overcoat)
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Festa [Celebration]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 108:
- Descalçou-se, metteu as meias no bolso, tirou o paletot, a gravata e o collarinho, roncou alliviado.
- He took off his shoes, shoved his socks in his pocket, shrugged off his overcoat, his tie and his collar, and snored relieved.
- (Brazil, slang, euphemistic) coffin, as a euphemism for death
- Synonym: caixão
Derived terms
- abotoar o paletó
- abotoar o paletó de
- fechar o paletó
- fechar o paletó de
- paletó de madeira
- paletó de pinho
- vestir o paletó de madeira
Descendants
- → Kadiwéu: nibalito
Further reading
- “paletó”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “paletó”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025