alcaguete

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alcagüete (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic القواد (al-qawwád), from Arabic قَوَّاد (qawwād). Cognate with Spanish alcahuete.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.kaˈɡwe.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.kaˈɡwe.t͡ʃi], /aw.kaˈɡe.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.kaˈɡe.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.kaˈɡwe.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.kaˈɡwe.t͡ʃi], /aw.kaˈɡe.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.kaˈɡe.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.kaˈɡwe.te/ [aʊ̯.kaˈɡwe.te], /aw.kaˈɡe.te/ [aʊ̯.kaˈɡe.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐˈɡwe.tɨ/ [aɫ.kɐˈɣwe.tɨ], /al.kɐˈɡe.tɨ/ [aɫ.kɐˈɣe.tɨ]

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.kaˈɡwɛ.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.kaˈɡwɛ.t͡ʃi], /aw.kaˈɡɛ.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.kaˈɡɛ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.kaˈɡwɛ.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.kaˈɡwɛ.t͡ʃi], /aw.kaˈɡɛ.t͡ʃi/ [aʊ̯.kaˈɡɛ.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.kaˈɡwɛ.te/ [aʊ̯.kaˈɡwɛ.te], /aw.kaˈɡɛ.te/ [aʊ̯.kaˈɡɛ.te]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐˈɡwɛ.tɨ/ [aɫ.kɐˈɣwɛ.tɨ], /al.kɐˈɡɛ.tɨ/ [aɫ.kɐˈɣɛ.tɨ]

Noun

alcaguete m (plural alcaguetes)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) grass; informer; snitch

   Synonym: dedo-duro

Etymology 3

Verb

alcaguete

1. inflection of alcaguetar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “alcaguete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alcaguete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026