vira-casaca

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vira-casacas

Etymology

From virar +‎ casaca.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɾɐ.kaˈza.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɾɐ.kaˈza.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɾa.kaˈza.ka/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɾɐ.kɐˈza.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌvi.ɾɐ.kɐˈza.kɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbi.ɾɐ.kɐˈza.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -akɐ

Noun

vira-casaca m or f by sense (plural vira-casacas)

1. turncoat (a traitor; one who changes sides)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:traidor

Further reading

• “vira-casaca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “vira-casaca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026