dar ibope
Portuguese
Etymology
While ibope comes from IBOPE, an acronym for Instituto Brasileiro de Opinião Pública e Estatística (Brazilian Institute of Public Opinion and Statistics), which is responsible for showing popular opinion on, among other things, TV shows, dar ibope could have originated from the larger preference that people give to a specific show in a particular time, making this show experience a temporary popularity.
Verb
dar ibope (first-person singular present indicative dou ibope, past participle dado ibope)
- (Brazil, slang) to show enough attention or interest towards something
- Vocês estão dando muito ibope a este caso - You are paying too much attention to this case