maturrango
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish maturrango.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.tuˈʁɐ̃.ɡu/ [ma.tuˈhɐ̃.ɡu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ma.tuˈʁɐ̃.ɡu/ [ma.tuˈχɐ̃.ɡu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.tuˈʁɐ̃.ɡo/ [ma.tuˈhɐ̃.ɡo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.tuˈʁɐ̃.ɡu/
- Hyphenation: ma‧tur‧ran‧go
Noun
maturrango m (plural maturrangos, feminine maturranga, feminine plural maturrangas)
- (Rio Grande do Sul) someone who's bad at horse riding or who does not understand the field service in dealing with cattle or horses.
- Synonym: baiano
Further reading
- “maturrango”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025