traveco

Portuguese

Etymology

From travesti (“cross-dresser”) +‎ -eco (derogatory suffix). Compare French travelo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈvɛ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈvɛ.ko/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈvɛ.ku/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈbɛ.ku/ [tɾaˈβɛ.ku]

Rhymes: -ɛku
Hyphenation: tra‧ve‧co

Noun

traveco m (plural travecos)

(Brazil, slang, derogatory, offensive) cross-dresser
Synonym: travesti
(Brazil, slang, derogatory, offensive) a transexual person
Synonym: transexual

Further reading

“traveco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025