pechisbeque

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English pinchbeck.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ʃizˈbɛ.ki/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pe.ʃiʒˈbɛ.ki/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ʃizˈbɛ.ke/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ʃiʒˈbɛ.kɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.t͡ʃiʒˈbɛ.kɨ/

Hyphenation: pe‧chis‧be‧que

Noun

pechisbeque m (plural pechisbeques)

pinchbeck (alloy of copper and zinc used as cheap imitation for gold)
Synonyms: alquime, ouro falso, ouropel
thing of low value wich imitates smething of higher value.
(figurative) person or thing of no importance.

References

“pechisbeque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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