catinguento

Portuguese

Etymology

From catinga +‎ -ento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.t͡ʃĩˈɡẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.t͡ʃĩˈɡẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.t͡ʃĩˈɡẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.tĩˈɡẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu

Adjective

catinguento (feminine catinguenta, masculine plural catinguentos, feminine plural catinguentas)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) reeking; stinky (having a very unpleasant smell)

Further reading

• “catinguento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “catinguento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025