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Portuguese
Etymology
From engenho + -oca.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒẽˈɲɔ.kɐ/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒẽˈɲɔ.kɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒẽˈɲɔ.kɐ/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒẽˈɲɔ.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒeˈɲɔ.ka/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒeˈɲɔ.ka/
- Hyphenation: en‧ge‧nho‧ca
Noun
engenhoca f (plural engenhocas)
- gadget (any device or machine)
- Synonym: apetrecho
2004, Ana Beatriz B. Silva, Eduardo Mello, Luis Negreiros, Sorria: você está sendo filmado, →ISBN:Eu caminhava tão distraído que tomei um susto quando vi um robozinho da Nasa surgir do nada à minha frente. Paralisado de pânico, vi a engenhoca espichar sua lente até quase tocar meu nariz.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Adjective
engenhoca m or f (plural engenhocas)
- (colloquial) skilled, ingenious
- Synonyms: habilidoso, engenhoso
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