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Portuguese
Etymology
From picar + -eta.
Pronunciation
Noun
picareta f (plural picaretas)
- pickaxe (heavy tool used to break rocks)
Descendants
Noun
picareta m or f by sense (plural picaretas)
- (Brazil, slang) a conman or charlatan
Derived terms
Further reading
- “picareta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913