firula

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Uncertain. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fi‧ru‧la === Noun === firula f (plural firulas) (Brazil, slang) the act of beating around the bush (omitting facts to avoid a topic) Synonyms: enrolação, floreio, rodeio, circunlóquio (soccer) a very ingenious albeit purposeless move === Further reading === “firula”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “firula”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026