motejo

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from motejar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈte.ʒu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈte.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈte.ʒo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈtɐ(j).ʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈtɐ(j).ʒu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈte.ʒu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈte.ʒu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈte.ʒu/

Noun

motejo m (plural motejos)

1. mock (act of mocking)

   Synonym: escárnio

Etymology 2

Verb

motejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of motejar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈtexo/ [moˈt̪e.xo]
• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: mo‧te‧jo

Verb

motejo

1. first-person singular present indicative of motejar