rabisco

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ra‧bis‧co

Etymology 1

Either a blend of rabo (tail) +‎ risco (line)[1] or deverbal from rabiscar.[2][3]

Noun

rabisco m (plural rabiscos)

  1. scrawl; scribble (irregular handwriting)
    • 2015, Joana Rita, Café Central, Revista Gerador Numero 3, page 44
      A arte urbana é muitas, muitas coisas, desde o tag, o rabisco, que um miúdo faz com carvão na parede que estava branca, até aos grandes murais que são mais arte publica do que outra coisa, ...
      Street art is many different things, from the tag, a charcoaled scribble put on a formerly white wall by some kid, to the big murals which are more public art than anything else, ....
    Synonym: garrancho
  2. doodle (rough drawing)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rabisco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rabiscar

References

  1. ^ rabisco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ rabisco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024
  3. ^ rabisco”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 20152024