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Portuguese
Etymology
From desenrascar (“to disentangle”) + -anço, from des- (“un-”) + enrascar (“to entangle”), from rasca (“dragnet”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ , (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ , (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ , (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ , (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ , (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ , (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.ʁaʃˈkɐ̃.su/ , (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.ʁaʃˈkɐ̃.su/ , (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.ʁaʃˈkɐ̃.su/ , (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.ʁaʃˈkɐ̃.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.so/ , (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.so/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃su
- Hyphenation: de‧sen‧ras‧can‧ço
Noun
desenrascanço m (plural desenrascanços)
- (Portugal) disentanglement (removal of complications or confusion)
1991, Cadernos de Ciências Sociais, Edições Afrontamento:São, de facto, muitos os jovens, depois os problemas de emprego, que justificam essa tentativa de desenrascanço».- It is, in fact, many the youth who, after employment problems, justify this disentanglement attempt”.
- (Portugal) hack, improvised solution; a “MacGyverism”
2007, José Cardoso, O Curandeiro Branco: e outras histórias, Escola Portuguesa de Moçambique, →ISBN, page 141:[…] : apenas o “desenrascanço” habitual de varejar o conteúdo de cestos e alcofas, […]- only the habitual “hack” of rummaging the content of baskets and shopping bags,
- (uncountable, Portugal) the ability to find improvised solutions to problems
- originally 2001, Jorge Candeias, Os Pés e a Cabeça →ISBN, Lulu.com, page 30:
O culpado é o ser português com todo o desenrascanço inerente a essa condição.- The guilty one is the Portuguese being, with all the desenrascanço inherent to this condition.
Usage notes
Some Portuguese people regard desenrascanço as a key Portuguese virtue and a living part of their culture.
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