alvoroço
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- alvoroto
- alvorôço (obsolete, noun only), alvorôto (obsolete, noun only)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish alborozo, from Andalusian Arabic البُرُوز (al-burūz), from Arabic بُرُوز (burūz).
Pronunciation
Noun:
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /aɫ.vu.ˈɾo.su/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌaw.vo.ˈɾo.su/
Verb:
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /aɫ.vu.ˈɾɔ.su/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌaw.vo.ˈɾɔ.su/
- Hyphenation: al‧vo‧ro‧ço
Noun
alvoroço m (plural alvoroços)
- agitation; turmoil; bustle; ruckus (frenetic, chaotic activity)
- Synonyms: agitação, tumulto
Verb
alvoroço
- first-person singular (eu) present indicative of alvoroçar