amigo da onça
See also: amigo-da-onça
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- amigo-da-onça (obsolete)
Etymology
After O Amigo da Onça (literally, "the friend of the jaguar"), a Brazilian comic character created in 1943 by Péricles de Andrade Maranhão.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmi.ɡu da ˈõ.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmi.ɡo da ˈõ.sa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈmi.ɡu dɐ ˈõ.sɐ/ [ɐˈmi.ɣu ðɐ ˈõ.sɐ]
Noun
amigo da onça m (plural amigos da onça, feminine amiga da onça, feminine plural amigas da onça)
- (chiefly Brazil) traitor
- Synonym: (Portugal) amigo de Peniche
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:amigo da onça.