pegar o touro pelos cornos

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • pegar o touro pelos chifres
  • agarrar o touro pelos cornos

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈɡa(ɾ) u ˈto(w).ɾu pe.lus ˈkɔʁ.nus/ [peˈɡa(ɾ) u ˈto(ʊ̯).ɾu pe.lus ˈkɔɦ.nus]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /peˈɡa(ɾ) u ˈto(w).ɾu pe.lus ˈkɔɾ.nus/ [peˈɡa(ɾ) u ˈto(ʊ̯).ɾu pe.lus ˈkɔɾ.nus]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /peˈɡa(ɾ) u ˈto(w).ɾu pe.luʃ ˈkɔʁ.nuʃ/ [peˈɡa(ɾ) u ˈto(ʊ̯).ɾu pe.luʃ ˈkɔʁ.nuʃ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /peˈɡa(ɾ) o ˈto(w).ɾo pe.los ˈkɔɻ.nos/ [peˈɡa(ɾ) o ˈto(ʊ̯).ɾo pe.los ˈkɔɻ.nos]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈɡaɾ u ˈto(w).ɾu pɨ.luʃ ˈkɔɾ.nuʃ/ [pɨˈɣaɾ u ˈto(w).ɾu pɨ.luʃ ˈkɔɾ.nuʃ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈɡaɾ u ˈtow.ɾu pɨ.luʃ ˈkɔɾ.nuʃ/ [pɨˈɣaɾ u ˈtow.ɾu pɨ.luʃ ˈkɔɾ.nuʃ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨˈɡa.ɾi u ˈto.ɾu pɨ.luʃ ˈkɔɾ.nuʃ/ [pɨˈɣa.ɾi u ˈto.ɾu pɨ.luʃ ˈkɔɾ.nuʃ]

Verb

pegar o touro pelos cornos (first-person singular present pego o touro pelos cornos, first-person singular preterite peguei o touro pelos cornos, past participle pegado o touro pelos cornos)

  1. (idiomatic) to grab the bull by the horns

Further reading

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