patureba

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Uncertain. Perhaps from Old Tupi or from pato. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛbɐ Hyphenation: pa‧tu‧re‧ba === Noun === patureba m (plural paturebas) (Brazil, dialectal, cooking) dry and salty catfish (ornithology) duck–garganey hybrid Synonym: paturi === Noun === patureba m or f by sense (plural paturebas) (dialectal) fool (stupid person) === Adjective === patureba m or f (plural paturebas) (dialectal) stupid, idiot, dumb === Further reading === “patureba”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “patureba”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026