pechisbeque

Portuguese

Etymology

From English pinchbeck.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ʃizˈbɛ.ki/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pe.ʃiʒˈbɛ.ki/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ʃizˈbɛ.ke/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ʃiʒˈbɛ.kɨ/ [pɨ.ʃiʒˈβɛ.kɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.t͡ʃiʒˈbɛ.kɨ/ [pɨ.t͡ʃiʒˈβɛ.kɨ]

Hyphenation: pe‧chis‧be‧que

Noun

pechisbeque m (plural pechisbeques)

pinchbeck (alloy of copper and zinc used as cheap imitation for gold)
Synonyms: alquime, ouro falso, ouropel
thing of low value which imitates something of higher value
(figurative) person or thing of no importance.

References

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