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Portuguese
Etymology
From English Chiclets (a brand of candy-coated chewing gum made by Cadbury Adams), from chicle (principal ingredient of chewing gum), from Spanish chicle, from Classical Nahuatl tzictli (“gum of the sapodilla tree, chewing gum”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
- Hyphenation: chi‧cle‧te
Noun
chiclete (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural chicletes)
- gum (single piece of chewing gum)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pastilha elástica
1981, “Chiclete”, in Táxi, performed by Táxi:Como esta música é produto acabado / Da sociedade de consumo imediato / Como tudo o que se comete nesta vida, chiclete- (please add an English translation of this quotation)