biscoito

Galician

Biscoito

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From Old Galician-Portuguese *biscoyto, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice-baked”). Compare Portuguese biscoito, Spanish bizcocho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bisˈkojtʊ]

Noun

biscoito m (plural biscoitos)

1. sponge cake

References

• “biscoito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “biscoito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “biscoito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese bizcoyto, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice-baked”). Compare Galician biscoito, Spanish bizcocho.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bisˈkoj.tu/ [bisˈkoɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bisˈkoj.tu/ [bisˈkoɪ̯.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /biʃˈkoj.tu/ [biʃˈkoɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bisˈkoj.to/ [bisˈkoɪ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨʃˈkoj.tu/, /biʃˈkoj.tu/

• Hyphenation: bis‧coi‧to

Noun

biscoito m (plural biscoitos)

1. cookie

   Synonym: (dialect-dependent, some distinguish both) bolacha

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 207:

     Harry engoliu o biscoito [...]

     Harry swallowed the cookie [...]

2. (Brazil, Internet slang) attention, validation

   Quer biscoito.

   He wants attention.

Derived terms

• biscoiteiro