tabajara

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tabaîara. The humorous use of the adjective stems from Organizações Tabajara, a comedy sketch of Casseta e Planeta Urgente showing a fictitious conglomerate that sold items of dubious quality.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.baˈʒa.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ta.baˈʒa.ɾa/

  • Rhymes: -aɾɐ
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ba‧ja‧ra

Noun

tabajara m or f by sense (plural tabajaras)

  1. member of the Tabajara people

Adjective

tabajara m or f (plural tabajaras)

  1. (relational) of the Tabajara people
  2. (humorous, Brazil) an item of low-quality or replica of a well-known product
    Synonyms: pirata, (Brazil) paraguaio, xingling

Derived terms

  • tabajarismo

Further reading

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