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Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown, compare Argentine Spanish pichuleo (“stinginess”), pichulear (“to hunt for bargains”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pixulé m (uncountable)
- (Brazil, informal) loose change
- Synonym: trocado
1998, Afonso Schmidt, Trabalhadores do Brasil: histórias do povo brasileiro, Geração Editorial:Talvez devesse se valer de ajudante, um garoto molambento mas esperto dos descidos das favelas, que mendigam debaixo do sol da praça, apanham algum trocado, pixulé, caraminguá ocioso e sem serventia estendido pela caridade, inda ...- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Brazil, informal) gratuity; tip
- Synonym: gorjeta
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