geringonça
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- gerigonça
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gerigonza, from Old Occitan gergons.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɨ.ɾĩ.ˈɡõ.sɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒe.ɾĩ.ˈɡõ.sɐ/
- Hyphenation: ge‧rin‧gon‧ça
Noun
geringonça f (plural geringonças)
- contraption (complicated and precarious machine)
- slang (language outside of conventional usage)
Synonyms
- (precarious machine): engenhoca
- (slang): gíria, calão