apito de cachorro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈpi.tu d͡ʒi kaˈʃo.ʁu/ [aˈpi.tu d͡ʒi kaˈʃo.hu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈpi.tu d͡ʒi kaˈʃo.ʁu/ [aˈpi.tu d͡ʒi kaˈʃo.χu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈpi.to de kaˈʃo.ʁo/ [aˈpi.to de kaˈʃo.ho]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈpi.tu dɨ kɐˈʃo.ʁu/ [ɐˈpi.tu ðɨ kɐˈʃo.ʁu]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈpi.tu dɨ kɐˈt͡ʃo.ʁu/ [ɐˈpi.tu ðɨ kɐˈt͡ʃo.ʁu]

  • Rhymes: -oʁu
  • Hyphenation: a‧pi‧to de ca‧chor‧ro

Noun

apito de cachorro m (plural apitos de cachorro)

  1. (Brazil, literally) dog whistle (high-pitched whistle used to train dogs)
    Synonym: (Portugal) apito para cães
  2. (Brazil, figurative) dog whistle (political allusion that only a certain audience is intended to recognize the significance of)
    Synonym: (learned borrowing) dog whistle
    • 2023 January 11, Jornal Pará‎[1], archived from the original on 10 May 2024:
      Os atos golpistas de 8 de janeiro, o apito de cachorro enviado pelo ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro e o acirramento das tensões.
      The acts involving the coup d'état of 8 January, the dog whistle sent by ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, and the growing of tensions.

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