buraco

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bu.ˈɾa.ku/
• (South Brazil) IPA: /bu.ˈɾa.ko/
• Hyphenation: bu‧ra‧co

Noun

buraco m (plural buracos)

1. pit; hole (hollow spot in a surface)
2. burrow (a tunnel or hole dug by a creature)
3. (figuratively, depreciative) a very filthy, crude or precarious house
4. (billiards, pool, snooker) pocket (cavity with a sack at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table)
5. hole (an opening in a solid)
6. (figuratively) gap (a vacant time)
7. (figuratively) an emotional gap caused by someone’s death or absence
8. (slang) a difficult situation financially
9. (card games) canasta, especially its Brazilian variant

Synonyms

• (pit): See Wikisaurus:buraco
• (burrow): toca, túnel
• (filthy, crude, precarious house): esconderijo, toca, ninho de rato
• (snooker table pocket): caçapa
• (opening in a solid): abertura, fenda, orifício
• (vacant time): janela, lacuna
• (emotional gap): vazio
• (canasta): biriba, canastra

Derived terms

buraco-branco buraco-cinza buraco-negro

sair do buraco tapa-buraco tapar buraco

Related terms

• buracar
• esburacado
• esburacamento
• esburacar
• esburaquento

Verb

buraco

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of buracar