rilhafolesco

Portuguese

Etymology

From rilhafoles (“mental hospital”) +‎ -esco.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁi.ʎa.foˈles.ku/ [hi.ʎa.foˈles.ku]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁi.ʎa.foˈleʃ.ku/ [χi.ʎa.foˈleʃ.ku]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁi.ʎa.foˈles.ko/ [hi.ʎa.foˈles.ko]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁi.ʎɐ.fuˈleʃ.ku/

  • Hyphenation: ri‧lha‧fo‧les‧co

Noun

rilhafolesco m (plural rilhafolescos)

  1. (Portugal, colloquial) Related to mental hospital.
  2. (Portugal, colloquial) crazy
    Synonym: maluco

Further reading

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