pirocar
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ɾoˈka(ʁ)/ [pi.ɾoˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pi.ɾoˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pi.ɾoˈka(ʁ)/ [pi.ɾoˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ɾoˈka(ɻ)/
Verb
pirocar (first-person singular present piroco, first-person singular preterite piroquei, past participle pirocado)
- (Brazil, slang, transitive) to peel, to skin, to hull
- (Brazil, slang, intransitive) to balden
- Synonym: encalvecer
Conjugation
Conjugation of pirocar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “pirocar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “pirocar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025