pechisbeque

Portuguese

Etymology

From English pinchbeck.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ʃizˈbɛ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ʃizˈbɛ.ki/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pe.ʃiʒˈbɛ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.ʃizˈbɛ.ke/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ʃiʒˈbɛ.kɨ/ [pɨ.ʃiʒˈβɛ.kɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.ʃiʒˈbɛ.kɨ/ [pɨ.ʃiʒˈβɛ.kɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.t͡ʃiʒˈbɛ.kɨ/ [pɨ.t͡ʃiʒˈβɛ.kɨ]

• Hyphenation: pe‧chis‧be‧que

Noun

pechisbeque m (plural pechisbeques)

1. pinchbeck (alloy of copper and zinc used as cheap imitation for gold)

   Synonyms: alquime, ouro falso, ouropel

2. thing of low value wich imitates smething of higher value.
3. (figurative) person or thing of no importance.

References

• “pechisbeque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024