pivete

Meaning

1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) urchin (street kid)
2. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) brat (unruly child)
3. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) incense cone
4. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) foul smell

Concepts

urchin

boy

👦

imp

👿

snot

Synonyms

moleque

gaiato

😄

diabrete

👿

fedelho

garotinho

garoto

👦

guri

infante

jovem

lad

mancebo

👦

menino

👦

mocinho

moço

👦

pequerrucho

petitinho

petiz

piquiticu

pueril

🧒

putinho

rapaz

👦

rapazinho

rapazote

young male

baixinho

pirralho

catatau

Translations

gamin

διαβολάκι

garnement

straatjongen

gamine

🧒

marrec

murri

xic

galifardeu

pillastre

Bengel

Junge

👦

Knabe

Rotznase

xiquet

Pronounced as (IPA)

/piˈvɛ.t͡ʃi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan: pevet

In summary

Borrowed from Spanish pebete, from Catalan pevet, from peu (“foot”).
Cognate with
Spanish pivello m, from Italian pischello m (“young man”). Compare the Genoese pivetto.