alforreca
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic الحُرَّيْقَة (al-ḥurrayqa, “the nettle”), via Andalusian Arabic. Compare Maltese ħurrieq.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: al‧for‧re‧ca
Noun
[edit]alforreca f (plural alforrecas) (Portugal)
- (zoology) jellyfish
- (figurative, uncommon) something inconsistent or unpleasant
- 2014 July 21, Miguel Esteve Cardoso, “Nem por isso”, in Público[1]:
- O "nem por isso" é a alforreca das respostas negativas. O que mais enfurece nela é a falta não-absoluta de significância.
- The "not really" is the jellyfish of negative answers. What is most infuriating about it is the non-absolute lack of significance.
Further reading
[edit]- “alforreca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “alforreca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
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