buchudo

Portuguese

Etymology

From bucho +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈʃu.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈʃu.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /buˈʃu.do/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈʃu.du/ [buˈʃu.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈʃu.du/ [buˈʃu.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈt͡ʃu.du/ [buˈt͡ʃu.ðu]

• Rhymes: -udu
• Hyphenation: bu‧chu‧do

Adjective

buchudo (feminine buchuda, masculine plural buchudos, feminine plural buchudas)

1. potbellied (having a big belly)

   Synonym: barrigudo

2. (Brazil, chiefly Northeast Brazil, colloquial or informal) pregnant

   Synonym: grávido

Usage notes

The meaning "pregnant" is generally used only in the feminine, except in very informal contexts or used by uneducated people, usually referring to animals that the speaker does not know the gender of or certain animals such as sapo (“frog”) in which the gender is assumed to be masculine even though the animal is actually female.

Further reading

• “buchudo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “buchudo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “buchudo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026