pisca-pisca

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Portuguese

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pisca-pisca

Front and side turn signals working

Christmas lights

Etymology

Reduplication of piscar (“to blink”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpis.kɐˈpis.kɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌpiʃ.kɐˈpiʃ.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpis.kaˈpis.ka/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpiʃ.kɐˈpiʃ.kɐ/

Noun

pisca-pisca m (plural pisca-piscas or piscas-piscas)

(Portugal) indicator; turn signal (each of the flashing lights on each side of a vehicle which indicate a turn is being made)
Synonyms: (Portugal) pisca, (Brasil) seta
(Brazil) Christmas lights (electric lights used at Christmas to decorate a tree, house, etc.)
Synonyms: (Portugal) luzes de Natal, luzinha

Further reading

“pisca-pisca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
“pisca-pisca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
“pisca-pisca”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024

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