Maracanaço

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Maracanaço, from Maracanã, the stadium that hosted the match.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmæɹəkəˈnɑːsəʊ/

Proper noun

Maracanaço

  1. (soccer) The final match (Uruguay 2 – Brazil 1) in the 1950 FIFA World Cup, remembered in Brazil as a painful defeat.
    • 2014, Luca Caioli, Neymar: The Making of the World’s Greatest New Number 10, Icon Books, →ISBN, page 198:
      OK. But will you, Mr Scolari, be able to make the Brazilians forget about O Maracanaço defeat?

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Maracanaço, from Maracanã, the stadium that hosted the match. Doublet of Maracanazo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ra.kaˈna.so/
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ra‧ca‧nà‧ço
  • Homophone: Maracanazo

Proper noun

il Maracanaço m

  1. (soccer) Maracanaço (final match in the 1950 FIFA World Cup)
    Synonym: (more common, Spanish loan) Maracanazo
    • 2014, Leonardo Poggi with Miki Fossati and Laura Molina, La mossa del tapiro: una storia di Amazzonia, calcio e amache[1], Miki Fossati, →ISBN:
      Lo sentite lo spirito del Maracanaço aleggiare su di noi? Non possiamo fare niente, non possiamo fuggire, lo spirito è potente e non c’è niente che lo fermi. Ragazzi scappate, è l’unico modo per salvarvi, scappate, lo fermerò io, mi metterò io davanti alle telecamere mentre voi tornate alla foresta, vi disperdete, fuggite.
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Portuguese

Etymology

From Maracanã (the stadium that hosted the match) +‎ -aço (suffix for a blow or strike).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ɾa.kaˈna.su/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ɾa.kaˈna.so/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɾɐ.kɐˈna.su/

  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧ra‧ca‧na‧ço

Proper noun

o Maracanaço m

  1. (soccer) Maracanaço (final match in the 1950 FIFA World Cup)
    • 2014, Magno Antonio, Guerreiros da Camisa: Entre Glórias e Fracassos, Digitaliza, →ISBN, page 42:
      Máspoli era o goleiro da Seleção Uruguaia e jogou a final da copa do mundo de 1950, contra o Brasil. A partida, que reuniu cerca de 200 mil pessoas no Estádio do Maracanã, no Rio de Janeiro, ficou conhecida como o Maracanaço. Os brasileiros, jogando em casa, precisavam de apenas um empate para serem campeões. Mas os uruguaios venceram a partida por 2 a 1 e conquistaram o título mundial.
      Máspoli was the Uruguayan team’s goalkeeper and played in the 1950 World Cup final against Brazil. The match, which drew around 200 thousand people to Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, became known as the Maracanazo. The Brazilians, playing at home, needed just a draw to be the champions. But Uruguay won the match 2-1 and took the world title.