foguete

Meaning

(masculine) skyrocket
(masculine) rocket (astronautic or military)
(colloquial,euphemistic,humorous,masculine) sexual intercourse

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

[foˈɣetɪ]

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. Maybe from Spanish cohete (influenced by fogo (“fire”)), from Catalan coet, from Latin coda; or from fogo + -ete.

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Sentences

A

orixe do foguete é probabelmente oriental .

The origin of the rocket is probably Eastern.

Ningún chegou a órbita ao fallar o lanzamento e ser destruído o foguete .

No one reached orbit when the launch failed and the rocket was destroyed.

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