mariquice

Portuguese

Etymology

From maricas (“coward, effeminate”) +‎ -ice.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾiˈki.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾiˈki.se/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾiˈki.sɨ/

Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧qui‧ce

Noun

mariquice f (plural mariquices)

(colloquial) weakness
(colloquial) effeminacy

Further reading

“mariquice”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“mariquice”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026