pixaim

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old Tupi apixa'ĩ. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ĩ Hyphenation: pi‧xa‧im === Noun === pixaim m (plural pixains) (Brazil, sometimes offensive) Very frizzy curly hair, typical of black people. Synonym: carapinha === Adjective === pixaim m or f (plural pixains) (Brazil, relational, sometimes offensive) Used to refer to a very frizzy curly hair, typical of black people. Synonyms: crespo, encarapinhado, lanoso, ruim === Further reading === “pixaim”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “pixaim”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “pixaim”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “pixaim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026