peteca
Portuguese
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Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Old Tupi peteka, although the term in that language didn't refer to the object.
Noun
[edit]peteca f (plural petecas)(Brazil)
- an object similar to a badminton shuttlecock, but larger and struck with the palm of the hand
- a sport similar to badminton
- (badminton, by extension) shuttlecock
- Synonym: volante
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Nheengatu peteka.
Noun
[edit]peteca f (plural petecas)
- (Pará) marble (small ball used in games)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:berlinde
Further reading
[edit]- “peteca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “peteca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Categories:
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛkɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛkɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Old Tupi
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Tupi
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Brazilian Portuguese
- pt:Badminton
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Nheengatu
- Portuguese terms derived from Nheengatu
- pt:Toys