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Portuguese
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Noun
teco-teco m (plural teco-tecos)
- (Brazil, colloquial) single-engine airplane
- Synonym: monomotor
1974 March, “Tico e Teco e o teco-teco”, in Almanaque Disney, number 34, São Paulo: Abril:― Puxa... Só que ele escreveu teco-teco, em vez de Tico e Teco!
― E daí! Como será que isto transporta as nozes?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2004 February, Miguel Jorge, “Vamos pra Bahia, baby”, in Trip, number 119, São Paulo, page 38:[…] fiz uma louca viagem num teco-teco (aviãozinho de um motor, dois lugares e quase todo de madeira e lona) de São Paulo a Natal voando só por cima das praias.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Brazil, colloquial) clackers
- Synonyms: bate-bate, bate-bag, quebra-dedo