percevejo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.seˈve.ʒu/ [peh.seˈve.ʒu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.seˈve.ʒu/ [peh.seˈve.ʒu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.seˈve.ʒu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.seˈve.ʒu/ [peχ.seˈve.ʒu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /peɻ.seˈve.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.seˈve.ʒo/ [peh.seˈve.ʒo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.sɨˈvɐ(j).ʒu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.sɨˈvɐ(j).ʒu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.sɨˈbe.ʒu/ [pɨɾ.sɨˈβe.ʒu]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.sɨˈve.ʒu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.sɨˈve.ʒu/

• Hyphenation: per‧ce‧ve‧jo

Noun

percevejo m (plural percevejos)

1. bedbug
2. drawing pin, thumbtack

Further reading

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