dar nome aos bois

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, to name the oxen.

Verb[edit]

dar nome aos bois (first-person singular present dou nome aos bois, first-person singular preterite dei nome aos bois, past participle dado nome aos bois)

  1. (idiomatic) to accuse by name, to grass, to snitch
    Synonym: dedurar
  2. (idiomatic) to name, to give names to yet unnamed things