pichação
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- pixação (nonstandard)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ʃaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [pi.ʃaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pi.ʃɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pi.t͡ʃɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
Noun
pichação f (countable and uncountable, plural pichações)
- (uncountable) The act of writing or scribbling on facades of buildings, walls or other surfaces.
- (countable) Writing or scribble on a facade, wall or other surface.
- (countable, informal, figurative) defamation
Further reading
- “pichação”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “pichação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026