cocre
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.kɾi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.kɾe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.kɾɨ/
- Hyphenation: co‧cre
Noun
cocre m (plural cocres)
- (Brazil, informal, regional) a rap on the head with the knuckles
- 1959, Revista brasiliense, page 93:
- "Cocre": que nos parece onomatopáico, é têrmo eminentemente paulista, dicionarizado por Amadeu Amaral, n“O Dialeto caipira": "pequena pancada na cabeça, com o nó do dedo médio; carolo."
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