paletó

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See also: paleto and paletò

Portuguese

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Homem de paletó

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French paletot, from English paltok.

Pronunciation

Noun

paletó m (plural paletós)

  1. paletot (a loose outer jacket, overcoat)
    Synonyms: casacão, jaqueta, sobretudo
    • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Festa [Celebration]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎, Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 108:
      Descalçou-se, metteu as meias no bolso, tirou o paletot, a gravata e o collarinho, roncou alliviado.
      He took off his shoes, shoved his socks in his pocket, shrugged off his overcoat, his tie and his collar, and snored relieved.
  2. (Brazil, slang, euphemistic) coffin, as a euphemism for death
    Synonym: caixão

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kadiwéu: nibalito

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