necas de pitibiribas

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• neca de pitibiriba

Etymology

From the plural of neca, apparently from Latin nec (“nor, not”), and perhaps Rwanda-Rundi pitibiribas (“does not work”), hence "no, it does not work".(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronoun

necas de pitibiribas

1. (informal, slang) absolutely nothing