rabicho
Portuguese
Etymology
From rabo + -icho.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈbi.ʃu/ [haˈbi.ʃu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁaˈbi.ʃu/ [χaˈbi.ʃu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁaˈbi.ʃo/ [haˈbi.ʃo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɐˈbi.ʃu/ [ʁɐˈβi.ʃu]
- Rhymes: -iʃu
- Hyphenation: ra‧bi‧cho
Noun
rabicho m (plural rabichos)
- small piece of hair, such as a braid/plait, that hangs on one's nape
- a type of leather strip (similar to a correia) that is guided through below a horse's tail and fastened to the back part of the saddle
- a type of wire or steel cable used to fasten a utility pole or similar structure by connecting its top extremity to the ground
- (informal) passion, crush (romantic attraction to someone)
- Synonyms: paixão, queda, paixonite
- (Portugal, informal) homosexual man
- a bull with no hair on the tip of its tail
Adjective
rabicho (feminine rabicha, masculine plural rabichos, feminine plural rabichas)
- (Minho) mischievous, unruly
- Synonyms: travesso, inquieto
- criança rabicha
- mischievous child