manguito
Portuguese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡi.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡi.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ̃ˈɡi.tu/
- Hyphenation: man‧gui‧to
Noun
manguito m (plural manguitos)
- (fashion) muff (piece of clothing used for keeping the hands warm)
- Synonym: regalo
- (colloquial) bras d'honneur; Iberian slap (obscene gesture)
- Synonym: banana (Brazil)
Further reading
- Bras d'honneur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “manguito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “manguito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From manga (“sleeve”) + -ito.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /manˈɡito/ [mãŋˈɡi.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: man‧gui‧to
Noun
manguito m (plural manguitos)
Further reading
- “manguito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025