tareco

Portuguese

Tarecos (2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَرَائِك (tarāʔik), plural of تَرِيكَة (tarīka), via Andalusian Arabic. Cognate with Spanish tareco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɾɛ.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɾɛ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /taˈɾɛ.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐˈɾɛ.ku/

• Rhymes: -ɛku
• Hyphenation: ta‧re‧co

Noun

tareco m (plural tarecos)

1. trinket, old and worn-out object

   Synonyms: cacareco, xurumbambo, bregueço

2. (Brazil) a little tough biscuit made of wheat flour, eggs and sugar

Adjective

tareco (feminine tareca, masculine plural tarecos, feminine plural tarecas)

1. naughty, mischievous

Related terms

• (possibly) treco

Further reading

• “tareco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tareco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “tareco”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026