biscoito

Galician

Biscoito

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From Old Galician-Portuguese *biscoito, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice-baked”). Compare Portuguese biscoito, Spanish bizcocho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bisˈkojtʊ]

Noun

biscoito m (plural biscoitos)

1. sponge cake

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “biscoito”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “biscoito”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “biscoito”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese biscoito, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice-baked”). Compare Galician biscoito, Spanish bizcocho.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bisˈkoj.tu/ [bisˈkoɪ̯.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bisˈkoj.tu/ [bisˈkoɪ̯.tu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /biʃˈkoj.tu/ [biʃˈkoɪ̯.tu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bisˈkoj.to/ [bisˈkoɪ̯.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /biʃˈkoj.tu/, /bɨʃˈkoj.tu/

• Hyphenation: bis‧coi‧to

Noun

biscoito m (plural biscoitos)

1. cookie

   Synonym: (dialect-dependent, some distinguish both) bolacha

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 207:

     Harry engoliu o biscoito [...]

     Harry swallowed the cookie [...]

2. (Brazil, Internet slang) attention, validation

   Quer biscoito.

   He/she wants attention.

Derived terms

• biscoitar
• biscoiteiro
• biscoito da sorte

 

Further reading

• “biscoito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “biscoito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024