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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
cocre m (plural cocres)
- (Brazil, informal, regional) a rap on the head with the knuckles
- Synonyms: cocorote, cascudo, carolo, coque, tafoné
1959, Revista brasiliense, page 93:"Cocre": que nos parece onomatopáico, é têrmo eminentemente paulista, dicionarizado por Amadeu Amaral, n“O Dialeto caipira": "pequena pancada na cabeça, com o nó do dedo médio; carolo."- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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