rabicho

Portuguese

Etymology

From rabo +‎ -icho.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbi.ʃu/ [haˈbi.ʃu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbi.ʃu/ [haˈbi.ʃu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbi.ʃu/ [χaˈbi.ʃu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbi.ʃo/ [haˈbi.ʃo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈbi.ʃu/ [ʁɐˈβi.ʃu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈbi.ʃu/ [ʁɐˈβi.ʃu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈbi.t͡ʃu/ [ʁɐˈβi.t͡ʃu]

• Rhymes: -iʃu
• Hyphenation: ra‧bi‧cho

Noun

rabicho m (plural rabichos)

1. small piece of hair, such as a braid/plait, that hangs on one's nape
2. a type of leather strip (similar to a correia) that is guided through below a horse's tail and fastened to the back part of the saddle
3. a type of wire or steel cable used to fasten a utility pole or similar structure by connecting its top extremity to the ground
4. (informal) passion, crush (romantic attraction to someone)

   Synonyms: paixão, queda, paixonite

5. (Portugal, informal) homosexual man
6. a bull with no hair on the tip of its tail

Adjective

rabicho (feminine rabicha, masculine plural rabichos, feminine plural rabichas)

1. (Minho) mischievous, unruly

   Synonyms: travesso, inquieto

   criança rabicha

   mischievous child

Further reading

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