muvuca

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown. Usually said to be from Kimbundu mvuka (“fever”)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈvu.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈvu.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈvu.ka/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈvu.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈvu.kɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈbu.kɐ/ [muˈβu.kɐ]

• Hyphenation: mu‧vu‧ca

Noun

muvuca f (plural muvucas)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) of gathered people taken as a place in itself, an agitated crowd

   Synonyms: zona, confusão, rebuliço, fervo, turba, tumulto, bololô, auê, forfé, fuzuê

2. (Brazil, colloquial) a eclectic situations, a chaos

   Synonyms: zona, confusão, bagunça, baderna, circo, caos, desordem

3. (Brazil, colloquial) many people together, a lively crowd

   Synonyms: galera, multidão, turba, massa, bolo, formigueiro

4. (Brazil, colloquial) of events often large and public, a leisurely and/or a lively crowd

   Synonyms: agito, fervo, rebuliço, movimento, fluxo

5. (Brazil, agriculture) a sowing technique consisting of planting seeds of different species all together

Derived terms

• muvucado
• muvucar

Related terms

• algazarra
• balbúrdia
• alvoroço
• cambada
• uma pá