mutirão
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Tupi motyrõ.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mu.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [mu.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.tiˈɾɐ̃w̃/
Noun
mutirão m (plural mutirões)
- (Brazil) collective and voluntary mobilization to make some effort
- 1956, Guimarães Rosa, Grande Sertão: Veredas:
- …a vida é mutirão de todos, por todos remexida e temperada.
- Life is [the result of] a joint effort from all, and by all it is re-stirred and seasoned.
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