gororoba

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old Tupi karu (“meal”) + roba (“sour”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.ɾoˈɾɔ.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.ɾoˈɾɔ.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡo.ɾoˈɾɔ.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡu.ɾuˈɾɔ.bɐ/ [ɡu.ɾuˈɾɔ.βɐ]

• Hyphenation: go‧ro‧ro‧ba

Noun

gororoba f (plural gororobas)

1. (Brazil, informal) farrago; hodgepodge; jumble (collection of miscellaneous things)
2. (Brazil, informal) bad food; slop

   Synonyms: lavagem, grude

3. (Brazil, informal, by extension) any meal, especially a simple one

   Synonyms: boia, rango

4. (Brazil, dialectal) cachaça

   Synonyms: cachaça, pinga, goró

Noun

gororoba m or f (plural gororobas)

1. (Northern Brazil, derogatory) a nobody

   Synonyms: joão-ninguém, zé-ninguém, borra-botas, leguelhé

2. (Brazil, dialectal) a drunk person

   Synonyms: bêbado, cachaceiro, pinguço