chilique

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• chelique
• xilique (misspelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈli.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈli.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈli.ke/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈli.kɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈli.kɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈli.kɨ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɨˈli.kɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃɨˈli.kɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -iki, (Portugal) -ikɨ
• Hyphenation: chi‧li‧que

Noun

chilique m (plural chiliques)

1. a nervous fit

   Synonyms: faniquito, fricote

2. tantrum (childish display of bad temper)

   Synonyms: birra, (Brazil) piti

3. a fainting

   Synonyms: desmaio, desfalecimento, esmaecimento, síncope, badagaio

Derived terms

• chiliquento

Further reading

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