biscoito
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Galician
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Etymology
[edit]Attested since circa 1750. From Old Galician-Portuguese *biscoito, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice-baked”). Compare Portuguese biscoito, Spanish bizcocho.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]biscoito m (plural biscoitos)
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “biscoito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “biscoito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “biscoito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese biscoito, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice-baked”). Compare Galician biscoito, Spanish bizcocho.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: bis‧coi‧to
Noun
[edit]biscoito m (plural biscoitos)
- cookie
- Synonym: (dialect-dependent, some distinguish both) bolacha
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, 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 [...]
- (Brazil, Internet slang) attention, validation
- Quer biscoito.
- He/she wants attention.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “biscoito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “biscoito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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