traveco
Portuguese
Etymology
From travesti (“cross-dresser”) + -eco (derogatory suffix). Compare French travelo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾaˈvɛ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾaˈvɛ.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾaˈvɛ.ku/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾaˈbɛ.ku/ [tɾaˈβɛ.ku]
- Rhymes: -ɛku
- Hyphenation: tra‧ve‧co
Noun
traveco m (plural travecos) (Brazil, colloquial, derogatory, offensive)
- cross-dresser
- Synonyms: travesti; see also Thesaurus:bicha
- a transexual person
- Synonym: transexual
Further reading
- “traveco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “traveco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “traveco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026