borra-botas
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbɔ.ʁɐˈbɔ.tɐs/ [ˌbɔ.hɐˈbɔ.tɐs]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌbɔ.ʁɐˈbɔ.tɐʃ/ [ˌbɔ.χɐˈbɔ.tɐʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbɔ.ʁaˈbɔ.tas/ [ˌbɔ.haˈbɔ.tas]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌbɔ.ʁɐˈbɔ.tɐʃ/ [ˌbɔ.ʁɐˈβɔ.tɐʃ]
- Hyphenation: bor‧ra‧bo‧tas
Noun
- zero; random; nobody (person of little importance)
- Synonyms: fulano, sicrano, beltrano, zé-ninguém, joão-ninguém, leguelhé
Further reading
- “borra-botas”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “borra-botas”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026