semancol

Portuguese

Etymology

From se mancar + -ol, as in a medicine, usually in the expression tomar (chá de) semancol

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.mɐ̃ˈkɔw/ [se.mɐ̃ˈkɔʊ̯]

  • Hyphenation: se‧man‧col

Noun

semancol m (uncountable)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) the ability to gauge one's own actions as appropriate or not; the ability of reading the room.
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