Polyglot Dictionary

vacilo

/vaˈsilu/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os vacilos

Meaning

  1. slip-up

    • Foi um vacilo.

      It was a slip-up.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

deslize

deslize and vacilo are close synonyms for a minor "slip" or slip-up; vacilo is more colloquial, Brazilian slang.

Practice

1 What does vacilo mean?

2 Fill the gap: Foi um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches vacilo?

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