até o cu fazer bico
Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “until the asshole puckers”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈtɛ u ˈku faˈze(ʁ) ˈbi.ku/ [aˈtɛ u ˈku faˈze(h) ˈbi.ku]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aˈtɛ u ˈku faˈze(ɾ) ˈbi.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈtɛ u ˈku faˈze(ʁ) ˈbi.ku/ [aˈtɛ u ˈku faˈze(χ) ˈbi.ku]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /aˈtɛ u ˈku faˈze(ɻ) ˈbi.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈtɛ o ˈku faˈze(ʁ) ˈbi.ko/ [aˈtɛ o ˈku faˈze(h) ˈbi.ko]
Adverb
até o cu fazer bico (not comparable)
- (Brazil, vulgar, humorous) until one is blue in the face (for a very long time and unworriedly)
Further reading
- “até o cu fazer bico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026