barraco

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See also: Barraco

Portuguese[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: -aku
  • Hyphenation: bar‧ra‧co

Etymology 1[edit]

From barraca (tent, hut).

Noun[edit]

barraco m (plural barracos)

  1. shack (crude hut)
    Synonyms: choupana, cabana, casebre
    • 1979 May 18, Maria Helena Dutra, “Um atleta exemplar entre a fome e o recorde”, in Placar, number 473, São Paulo: Abril, page 44:
      São mais de duas horas de ônibus, para se chegar a Paciência, na zona rural do Rio, onde fica o barraco de Arcanjo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2021 July 23, MC Kaique da VP (lyrics and music), “Taca a Xereca pra Mim” (0:31 from the start)‎[1]:
      É que hoje vai ter festinha aqui dentro do meu barraco
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Brazil, slang) intense verbal conflict (maybe edging toward physical conflict), specially between two persons or sides and concerning personal matters, in the presence of more people
Descendants[edit]
  • Kadiwéu: balaacogo

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

barraco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of barracar

Further reading[edit]