geringonça

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Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

gerigonça

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish gerigonza, from Old Occitan gergons.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾĩˈɡõ.sɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾĩˈɡõ.sa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.ɾĩˈɡõ.sɐ/

Hyphenation: ge‧rin‧gon‧ça

Noun[edit]

geringonça f (plural geringonças)

contraption (complicated and precarious machine)
Synonym: engenhoca
slang (language outside of conventional usage)
Synonyms: gíria, calão

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