tchutchuca

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Unclear, either an Africanism or onomatopeic. Popularized in Brazil by the music group Bonde do Tigrão in the early 2000s with the song "Tchutchuca," reportedly originating from the nickname of the vocalist's nephew ("Tchutchuco"), also inspired by the onomatopeic 'tchuque tchuque' utterance by a fictional indigenous character in the soap opera Uga Uga. Its figurative sense was popularized after YouTuber Wilker Leão used it to criticize then-president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ukɐ Hyphenation: tchu‧tchu‧ca === Noun === tchutchuca m (plural tchutchucas) (slang, Brazil) beautiful or lovely woman (slang, Brazil, figurative, derogatory) a pliable or easily manipulated person === References === === Further reading === “tchutchuca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tchutchuca”, in Dicionário Eletrônico Houaiss [Houaiss Electronic Dictionary] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: UOL, 2004–2026