estaladiço

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Portuguese

Etymology

From estalar +‎ -iço.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.ta.laˈd͡ʒi.su/, /es.ta.laˈd͡ʒi.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.ta.laˈd͡ʒi.su/, /eʃ.ta.laˈd͡ʒi.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.ta.laˈd͡ʒi.so/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.tɐ.lɐˈdi.su/

Hyphenation: es‧ta‧la‧di‧ço

Adjective

estaladiço (feminine estaladiça, masculine plural estaladiços, feminine plural estaladiças)

brittle (liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact)
Synonym: quebradiço
crunchy (likely to crunch, especially with reference to food when it is eaten)
Synonym: crocante

Further reading

“estaladiço”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“estaladiço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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