peteleco
Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.teˈlɛ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pe.teˈlɛ.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨ.tɨˈlɛ.ku/
- Rhymes: -ɛku
- Hyphenation: pe‧te‧le‧co
Noun
peteleco m (plural petelecos)
- (Brazil) fillip (the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap)
- Synonym: piparote
Derived terms
- petelecada
Further reading
- “peteleco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025