puxa-saco

Portuguese

noun

Definitions

sycophant one who uses compliments to gain self-serving favour or advantage from another person

Etymology

Affix from Portuguese puxar (pull) + Portuguese saco.

Origin

Portuguese

saco

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

pulsāre, pulso Latin
boegseren Dutch, Flemish
puxar Portuguese
puxão Portuguese
saco Portuguese
sacola Portuguese
sacolé Portuguese
puxar Old Portuguese
saco Old Portuguese
pucha Kabuverdianu
साक Konkani
pucha Guinea-Bissau Creole