emboaba

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === boaba, boava, buava, emboava, embuaba, embuava === Etymology === Borrowed from Língua Geral Paulista mboaba. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: em‧bo‧a‧ba === Noun === emboaba m or f by sense (plural emboabas) (Brazil, historical, derogatory) Nickname given in Colonial Brazil by bandeirantes and their descendants to Portuguese and other outsiders lured by gold and precious stones. === Adjective === emboaba m or f (plural emboabas) (Brazil) Any foreign individual, especially Portuguese. === References === === Further reading === “emboaba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “emboaba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “emboaba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026