ir para a cucuia

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === ir pra cucuia, ir para as cucuias, ir pras cucuias === Etymology === Uncertain. Likely from Old Tupi kukuîa (“sucessive fall, decay”), from kukuî (“to keep falling”), reduplication of kuî (“to fall, detach”) plus -a (nominalizing suffix), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kúy (“fall [from something, inanimate]”). Or perhaps from the name of the Cacuia cemetery in Governador Island, Rio de Janeiro, in its turn from Old Tupi ka'a (“scrubland, forest”), from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔá, with the same meaning, plus kuî. === Verb === ir para a cucuia (first-person singular present vou para a cucuia, first-person singular preterite fui para a cucuia, past participle ido para a cucuia)(Brazil, idiomatic) to be forgotten, abandoned, discontinued or fail to produce results or consequences Synonyms: ir para o brejo, ir para o beleléu to die Synonyms: see Thesaurus:morrer ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “cucuia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cucuia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “cucuia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN