paraíba

Portuguese

Etymology

From Paraíba, referring to the Brazilians from the Northeast that moved to Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.ɾaˈi.bɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.ɾaˈi.ba/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈi.bɐ/ [pɐ.ɾɐˈi.βɐ]

  • Homophone: Paraíba
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧í‧ba

Noun

paraíba m or f by sense (plural paraíbas)

  1. (Rio de Janeiro, offensive) a person from the northeast of Brazil
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