apito de cachorro

Portuguese

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpi.tu d͡ʒi kaˈʃo.ʁu/ [aˈpi.tu d͡ʒi kaˈʃo.hu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈpi.tu d͡ʒi kaˈʃo.ʁu/ [aˈpi.tu d͡ʒi kaˈʃo.χu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈpi.to de kaˈʃo.ʁo/ [aˈpi.to de kaˈʃo.ho]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpi.tu dɨ kɐˈʃo.ʁu/ [ɐˈpi.tu ðɨ kɐˈʃo.ʁu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈpi.tu dɨ kɐˈt͡ʃo.ʁu/ [ɐˈpi.tu ðɨ kɐˈt͡ʃo.ʁu]

apito de cachorro m (plural apitos de cachorro)

(Brazil, literally) dog whistle (high-pitched whistle used to train dogs)
Synonym: (Portugal) apito para cães
(Brazil, figurative) dog whistle (political allusion that only a certain audience is intended to recognize the significance of)
Synonym: (learned borrowing) dog whistle
- 2023 January 11, Jornal Pará‎^[1], archived from the original on 2024-05-10:
  Os atos golpistas de 8 de janeiro, o apito de cachorro enviado pelo ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e o acirramento das tensões.
  The acts involving the coup d'état of 8 January, the dog whistle sent by ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, and the growing of tensions.