gororoba

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibilities include:

• From Old Tupi karu (“meal”) + roba (“sour”).
• From Kongo ngolobo (“snail”).

First attested in 1788.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.ɾoˈɾɔ.bɐ/, /ɡɔ.ɾɔˈɾɔ.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.ɾoˈɾɔ.bɐ/, /ɡɔ.ɾɔˈɾɔ.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.ɾoˈɾɔ.ba/, /ɡɔ.ɾɔˈɾɔ.ba/

• Rhymes: -ɔbɐ
• Hyphenation: go‧ro‧ro‧ba

Noun

gororoba f (plural gororobas)

1. (Brazil, informal) farrago; hodgepodge; jumble (collection of miscellaneous things)
2. (Brazil, informal) bad food; slop

   Synonyms: lavagem, grude

3. (Brazil, informal, by extension) any meal, especially a simple one

   Synonyms: boia, rango

4. (Brazil, dialectal) cachaça

   Synonyms: cachaça, pinga, goró

Derived terms

• goyroroba

Noun

gororoba m or f (plural gororobas)

1. (Northeast Brazil, derogatory) a nobody

   Synonyms: joão-ninguém, zé-ninguém, borra-botas, leguelhé

2. (Brazil, dialectal) a drunk person

   Synonyms: bêbado, cachaceiro, pinguço

Further reading

• “gororoba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gororoba”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026
• “gororoba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “gororoba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “gororoba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026