frescura

From fresco +‎ -ura.

• IPA^(key): /fresˈku.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: fre‧scù‧ra

frescura f (plural frescure)

1. cool (time of day)
2. coolness

• fruscerà

From fresco (“fresh”) +‎ -ura.

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: fres‧cu‧ra

frescura f (countable and uncountable, plural frescuras)

1. (rare in Brazil) freshness

   Synonym: frescor

2. (colloquial) Overly sentimental or picky behaviour; fussiness.
3. (colloquial) An overcomplicated and often barely relevant task or requisite; faff, nuisance.

   A instalação dessa TV é cheia de frescura. ― Setting up this TV is such a faff.

4. (colloquial, Brazil) Something unnecessary, added just for show, or as an excessive regulatory measure; frill, bureaucracy, hassle.

   É muita frescura pra poder renovar a carteira. ― There’s too much hassle to renew a driver’s license.

5. (colloquial) excessive formality

   Synonym: fazer cerimônia

   Aqui não tem frescura não, fique à vontade. ― No need to stand on ceremony, please make yourself at home.

6. (slang, sex work) a preference for having safe sex (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

From fresco +‎ -ura.

• IPA^(key): /fɾesˈkuɾa/ [fɾesˈku.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: fres‧cu‧ra

frescura f (plural frescuras)

1. coolness; condition of being refreshing

   Synonym: frescor

2. artillery plant

• “frescura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024