enguiço

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈɡi.su/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈɡi.su/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈɡi.so/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈɡi.so/

  • Hyphenation: en‧gui‧ço

Etymology 1

Deverbal from enguiçar.

Noun

enguiço m (plural enguiços)

  1. curse
  2. breakdown
  3. impediment, snag

Etymology 2

Verb

enguiço

  1. first-person singular present indicative of enguiçar