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Portuguese
Etymology
Perhaps from Kimbundu muleke (“boy”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛki, (Portugal) -ɛkɨ
- Hyphenation: mo‧le‧que
Noun
moleque m (plural moleques, feminine moleca, feminine plural molecas)
- (Brazil, archaic) pickaninny
- (Brazil) brat, imp (naughty boy)
- (Brazil) (by extension) any boy or young man
- (Brazil, by extension, derogatory) any male perceived as naughty, immature, or similar
- (Brazil) any funny or amusing person
- (Brazil) a magnet used to remove iron from gold powder
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