de cor

See also: decor, décor, and decòr

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Literally, “of heart”.

Alternative forms

de-cor (superseded)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi ˈkɔʁ/ [d͡ʒi ˈkɔh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi ˈkɔɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi ˈkɔʁ/ [d͡ʒi ˈkɔχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi ˈkɔɻ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de ˈkɔʁ/ [de ˈkɔh]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ ˈkɔɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ ˈkɔ.ɾi/

Adverb

de cor (not comparable)

(idiomatic) by heart (knowing completely)
Synonym: de memória

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Literally, “of color”.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi ˈkoʁ/ [d͡ʒi ˈkoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi ˈkoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi ˈkoʁ/ [d͡ʒi ˈkoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi ˈkoɻ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de ˈkoʁ/ [de ˈkoh]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ ˈkoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ ˈko.ɾi/

Adjective

de cor (invariable, not comparable)

(sometimes offensive) colored; of color (said of a black person)

Further reading

“de cor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026