gororoba

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Uncertain. Possibilities include: From Old Tupi karu (“meal”) + roba (“sour”). From Kongo ngolobo (“snail”). First attested in 1788. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔbɐ Hyphenation: go‧ro‧ro‧ba === Noun === gororoba f (plural gororobas) (Brazil, informal) farrago; hodgepodge; jumble (collection of miscellaneous things) (Brazil, informal) bad food; slop Synonyms: lavagem, grude (Brazil, informal, by extension) any meal, especially a simple one Synonyms: boia, rango (Brazil, dialectal) cachaça Synonyms: cachaça, pinga, goró ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === gororoba m or f (plural gororobas) (Northeast Brazil, derogatory) a nobody Synonyms: joão-ninguém, zé-ninguém, borra-botas, leguelhé (Brazil, dialectal) a drunk person Synonyms: bêbado, cachaceiro, pinguço === References === === Further reading === “gororoba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “gororoba”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026 “gororoba”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “gororoba”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “gororoba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026