populacho
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Italian populaccio (modern Italian popolaccio), pejorative of Latin popŭlus (“people, group of people”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /po.puˈla.ʃu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /po.puˈla.ʃo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pu.puˈla.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pu.puˈla.t͡ʃu/
- Hyphenation: po‧pu‧la‧cho
Noun
populacho m (plural populachos)
- (derogatory) mob, plebs, crowd, hoi polloi, the masses
- Synonym: chusma
Further reading
- “populacho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “populacho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “populacho”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “populacho”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Italian populaccio (modern Italian popolaccio), pejorative of Latin popŭlus (“people, group of people”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /popuˈlat͡ʃo/ [po.puˈla.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -atʃo
- Syllabification: po‧pu‧la‧cho
Noun
populacho m (plural populachos)
- (derogatory) mob, plebs, crowd, hoi polloi, the masses
- Synonym: chusma
Further reading
- “populacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024