bate-boca
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌba.t͡ʃiˈbo.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌba.teˈbo.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌba.tɨˈbo.kɐ/ [ˌba.tɨˈβo.kɐ]
- Hyphenation: ba‧te‧-bo‧ca
Noun
bate-boca m (plural bate-bocas) (Brazil, informal)
- verbal fight, argument
- several exalted voices, collectively
- Synonym: algazarra
- informal conversation
- Synonym: bate-papo
Further reading
- “bate-boca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “bate-boca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026