voto cacareco

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

After Cacareco, a rhinoceros who got more votes than human candidates in the 1958 council elections of São Paulo.

Noun[edit]

voto cacareco m (plural votos cacareco or votos cacarecos)

  1. (Brazil, dated) protest vote (vote cast to demonstrate dissatisfaction with the candidates or system)
    Synonym: voto de protesto
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