marambaia

Portuguese

FWOTD – 9 April 2019

Etymology

After the Restinga da Marambaia, a sandspit used by the Brazilian Army as a leisure ground.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ɾɐ̃ˈbaj.ɐ/ [ma.ɾɐ̃ˈbaɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ɾɐ̃ˈbaj.a/ [ma.ɾɐ̃ˈbaɪ̯.a]

  • Rhymes: -ajɐ

Noun

marambaia m (plural marambaias)

  1. (Brazil, nautical jargon, derogatory) landlubber (a seaman who prefers being on land)
    • March 1959, Revista de Portugal, n. 173, volume 14, page 404:
      — metáforas patescas de um marambaia —
      — seasoned metaphors of a landlubber —

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