boquirroto
Portuguese
Etymology
Related to boca (“mouth”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bo.kiˈʁo.tu/ [bo.kiˈho.tu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bo.kiˈʁo.tu/ [bo.kiˈχo.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bo.kiˈʁo.to/ [bo.kiˈho.to]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bu.kiˈʁo.tu/
- Hyphenation: bo‧quir‧ro‧to
Noun
boquirroto m (plural boquirrotos, feminine boquirrota, feminine plural boquirrotas)
- (dated) chatterbox; blabbermouth (one who talks too much)
Further reading
- “boquirroto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “boquirroto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026