biscoito

From Old Galician / Old Portuguese *biscoyto, from Medieval Latin biscoctus, from Latin (panis) bis coctus (“(bread) twice-baked”). Compare Portuguese biscoito, Spanish bizcocho, French biscuit, Italian biscotto.

• IPA^(key): /bisˈkojto̝/

biscoito m (plural biscoitos)

1. sponge cake

• “biscoito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “biscoito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “biscoito” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Portuguese bizcoyto, from Medieval Latin biscoctus, from Latin (panis) bis coctus (“(bread) twice-baked”) Compare Spanish bizcocho, French biscuit, Italian biscotto.

• (Portugal, Carioca, Nordestino) IPA^(key): /biʃˈkojtu/
• (Brazil, Paulista) IPA^(key): /bisˈkojtu/

biscoito m (plural biscoitos)

1. cookie
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 207:

     Harry engoliu o biscoito [...]

     Harry swallowed the cookie [...]

   Synonym: bolacha (dialect-dependent, some distinguish both)