quixotesco

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Quixote, the surname of Don Quixote, the titular character in the novel by Miguel Cervantes, +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.ʃoˈtes.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ki.ʃoˈteʃ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ki.ʃoˈtes.ko/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ki.ʃuˈteʃ.ku/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ki.t͡ʃuˈteʃ.ku/

Adjective

quixotesco (feminine quixotesca, masculine plural quixotescos, feminine plural quixotescas)

quixotic (possessing or acting with the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality)

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