traveco

Portuguese

Etymology

From travesti (“cross-dresser”) +‎ -eco (derogatory suffix). Compare French travelo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈvɛ.ku/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈvɛ.ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈvɛ.ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾaˈbɛ.ku/ [tɾaˈβɛ.ku]

• Rhymes: -ɛku
• Hyphenation: tra‧ve‧co

Noun

traveco m (plural travecos) (Brazil, colloquial, derogatory, offensive)

1. cross-dresser

   Synonyms: travesti; see also Thesaurus:bicha

2. a transexual person

   Synonym: transexual

Further reading

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