rolezinho

Portuguese

FWOTD – 30 March 2023

Etymology

From rôle, rolé (“hanging out, walk”) +‎ -z- +‎ -inho.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˌleˈzĩ.ɲu/ [hoˌleˈzĩ.j̃u]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˌleˈzĩ.ɲu/ [hoˌleˈzĩ.j̃u]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoˌleˈzĩ.ɲu/ [χoˌleˈzĩ.j̃u]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˌleˈzi.ɲo/ [hoˌleˈzi.ɲo]

Noun

rolezinho m (plural rolezinhos)

1. Diminutive of rolé (“short walk”)
2. Diminutive of rolê (“short walk”)
3. (Brazil, neologism, slang) a type of flash mob
   • 2014 January 12, Wagner Iglecias, Rafael Alcadipani, “Os “rolezinhos” e um apartheid à brasileira”, in Fórum‎^[1]:

     Os primeiros rolezinhos aconteceram em shoppings da periferia, e a presença de seguranças e policiais também ocorreu.

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Related terms

• rolezaum

Further reading

• rolezinho on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt