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mico.

any of several very small and long-tailed monkeys, such as capuchins and marmosets

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmi.ku/Brazil/ˈmi.ku/Portugal
  1. any of several very small and long-tailed monkeys, such as capuchins and marmosets

    Brazil · masculine
  2. the devil

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From a Cariban language, likely via Spanish mico.

noun/ˈmi.ku/Brazil/ˈmi.ku/Portugal
  1. gaffe, blunder, faux pas (an embarrassing mistake or situation)

    Brazil · masculine
    pagar mico
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Portuguese mico Latin pectus Late Latin appectorōder. Old Galician-Portuguese apretar Old Galician-Portuguese *apreto Old Galician-Portuguese preto Portuguese preto Portuguese mico-pretoclip. Portuguese mico Short for mico-preto, a children's card game where the players have to amass pairs of matching cards, and the card that traditionally depicts a small monkey is the only one without a pair.

verb/ˈmi.ku/Brazil/ˈmi.ku/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of micar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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