pentelho

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽˈte.ʎu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pẽˈte.ʎo/
 

  • Rhymes: -eʎu
  • Hyphenation: pen‧te‧lho

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pectinī̆culum, diminutive of Latin pecten (“pubic hair, comb”). By surface analysis, pente +‎ -elho.

Compare Galician pentello, Spanish pendejo.

Noun

pentelho m (plural pentelhos)

  1. (vulgar) pube (a pubic hair)
  2. (vulgar, chiefly in the plural) peanuts (something of liitle importance)

Noun

pentelho m (plural pentelhos, feminine pentelha, feminine plural pentelhas)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial, derogatory) brat (a young boy, especially an annoying one)

Adjective

pentelho (feminine pentelha, masculine plural pentelhos, feminine plural pentelhas)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial, derogatory) bratty

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:pentelho.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pentelho

  1. first-person singular present indicative of pentelhar

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