moleque

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === mlk (Internet slang) === Etymology === Borrowed from Kimbundu muleke (“boy”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛki Hyphenation: mo‧le‧que === Noun === moleque m (plural moleques, feminine moleca, feminine plural molecas) (Brazil) brat, imp (naughty boy) (by extension) any boy or young man (by extension, derogatory) any male perceived as naughty, immature, or similar any funny or amusing person a magnet used to remove iron from gold powder (archaic) pickaninny ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “moleque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “moleque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026