tontice
Portuguese
Etymology
From tonto (“dizzy; foolish”) + -ice.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tõˈt͡ʃi.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tõˈt͡ʃi.se/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tõˈti.sɨ/
Noun
tontice f (plural tontices)
- (uncountable) stupidity; foolishness (the quality of being stupid)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tolice
- stupidity (a stupid act)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tolice
Related terms
Further reading
- “tontice”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “tontice”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026