chiclete

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Genericization from the trademark Chiclets. The senses pertaining to songs are a likely ellipsis of música chiclete. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ Hyphenation: chi‧cle‧te === Noun === chiclete (Brazil) m or (Portugal) f (plural chicletes) gum (single piece of chewing gum) Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pastilha elástica (figuratively) earworm (tune that keeps replaying in one's head) Synonym: música chiclete === Adjective === chiclete (invariable) (informal, figurative, of a song) catchy === Further reading === “chiclete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “chiclete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026