vilanesco
Portuguese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.lɐ̃ˈnes.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /vi.lɐ̃ˈneʃ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.lɐ̃ˈnes.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vi.lɐˈneʃ.ku/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.lɐˈneʃ.ku/
- Rhymes: -eʃku, -esku
- Hyphenation: vi‧la‧nes‧co
Adjective
vilanesco (feminine vilanesca, masculine plural vilanescos, feminine plural vilanescas)
- villainous (relative to villains)
- rudimentary
- rustic; rude
Further reading
- “vilanesco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “vilanesco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026