Polyglot Dictionary

xingamento

/ʃĩɡaˈmẽtu/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os xingamentos

Meaning

  1. insult

    • Foi um xingamento.

      It was an insult.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

injúria

injúria is a formal or legal insult, a term for defamation; xingamento is a colloquial insult, swearing at someone — a different register of "insult."

Similar in other languages

German

Beleidigung

Beleidigung is the German word for the same thing — both mean "insult."

Spanish

injuria

injuria is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "insult."

Spanish

insulto

insulto is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "insult."

Practice

1 What does xingamento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Foi um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches xingamento?

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