xereta

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Probably a variant of cheireta, from cheirar (“to smell”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -etɐ
  • Hyphenation: xe‧re‧ta

Noun

xereta m or f by sense (plural xeretas)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) nosey person
    • 2009, Roberto Schima, Limbographia, Clube de Autores, page 277:
      Nunca poderia dialogar com você através de um biocomputador ou transfone, sabendo dos vários xeretas que poderiam estar na escuta. Detesto abelhudos!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

xereta

  1. inflection of xeretar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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