cão chupando manga
Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “dog sucking on a mango”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.du ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/ [ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.du ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.do ˈmɐ̃.ɡa/ [ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.do ˈmɐ̃.ɡa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.du ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃ t͡ʃuˈpɐ̃.du ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/
- Hyphenation: cão, chu‧pan‧do, man‧ga
Noun
cão chupando manga m or f by sense (plural cães chupando manga)
- (Brazil, informal, derogatory) someone very ugly
- (Brazil, informal) someone very angry or bad
- (Brazil, informal) something difficult to accomplish
Further reading
- “cão chupando manga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025