linguarudo
Portuguese
Etymology
língua + -udo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /lĩɲ̞ᵑɡʷaˈɾudʊ̥/
- Hyphenation: lin‧gua‧ru‧do
Adjective
linguarudo m (feminine singular linguaruda, masculine plural linguarudos, feminine plural linguarudas, comparable)
- long-tongued.
- (figuratively) who speaks too much and ends up inappropriately revealing information; who is a big mouth; who is a compulsive gossiper.
- popular name for a genus of sea snails, Olivancillaria, so called because of the anatomical structure it uses for burrowing into the sand.
References
- Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa. São Paulo: Encyclopaedia Britannica do Brasil Publicações Ltda., 1976.