gororoba
Portuguese
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Old Tupi Old Tupi karu (“meal”) + roba (“sour”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡo.ɾoˈɾɔ.bɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡo.ɾoˈɾɔ.ba/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡu.ɾuˈɾɔ.bɐ/ [ɡu.ɾuˈɾɔ.βɐ]
- Hyphenation: go‧ro‧ro‧ba
Noun
gororoba f (plural gororobas)
- (Brazil, informal) farrago; hodgepodge; jumble (collection of miscellaneous things)
- (Brazil, informal) bad food; slop
- Synonyms: lavagem, grude
- (Brazil, informal, by extension) any meal, especially a simple one
- Synonyms: boia, rango
- (Brazil, dialectal) cachaça
- Synonyms: cachaça, pinga, goró
Noun
gororoba m or f (plural gororobas)
- (Northern Brazil, derogatory) a nobody
- Synonyms: joão-ninguém, zé-ninguém, borra-botas, leguelhé
- (Brazil, dialectal) a drunk person
- Synonyms: bêbado, cachaceiro, pinguço