treco

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tre‧co

Noun

treco m (plural trecos)

  1. (Brazil, slang) thingy; thingummy; gizmo; doohickey; thingamabob
    Synonyms: coisa, (Brazil) troço, (Brazil) negócio, (Brazil) bagulho, (Brazil) bagaça, trem, pira, (Portugal) cena, bang
    • 2014, Deonísio da Silva, De onde vem as palavras, LEXIKON Editora Digital ltda, →ISBN:
      TRECO no sentido de algo que não se sabe ou não se quer dar nome, seja ideia ou sentimento, veio de tareco, do árabe tarayk, ninharia, coisa de pouco valor. Para designar tareco ou treco, os mineiros usam preferencialmente “trem”, ...
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  2. malaise (feeling of discomfort)
    Synonyms: mal-estar, achaque