pebete

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan pevet, from peu (“foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈbete/ [peˈβ̞e.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: pe‧be‧te

Noun

pebete m (plural pebetes)

1. punk, fuse
2. incense stick
3. (Argentina) a kind of bread roll

Derived terms

• pebetero

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: pivete

Further reading

• “pebete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10