bocudo
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈku.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈku.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈku.du/ [buˈku.ðu]
- Rhymes: -udu
- Hyphenation: bo‧cu‧do
Adjective
bocudo (feminine bocuda, masculine plural bocudos, feminine plural bocudas)(informal, derogatory)
- bigmouthed (having a large mouth)
- (Brazil, figurative, of a baby) excessively crying
- (chiefly South Brazil, figurative) mouthbreathing
Noun
bocudo m (plural bocudos, feminine bocuda, feminine plural bocudas)(Brazil, figurative, informal, derogatory)
- crybaby (a baby who cries excessively)
- bigmouth (one who talks too much)
- (chiefly South Brazil) mouth breather (a stupid person)
Further reading
- “bocudo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “bocudo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “bocudo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “bocudo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “bocudo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /boˈkudo/ [boˈku.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -udo
- Syllabification: bo‧cu‧do
Adjective
bocudo (feminine bocuda, masculine plural bocudos, feminine plural bocudas)
- bigmouthed (having a large mouth)
- Synonym: bocón
Further reading
- “bocudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “bocudo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010