conversa para boi dormir
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- (syncopic form) conversa pra boi dormir
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈvɛʁ.sɐ pa.ɾɐ ˈboj doʁˈmi(ʁ)/ [kõˈvɛh.sɐ pa.ɾɐ ˈboɪ̯ doɦˈmi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõˈvɛɾ.sɐ pa.ɾɐ ˈboj doɾˈmi(ɾ)/ [kõˈvɛɾ.sɐ pa.ɾɐ ˈboɪ̯ doɾˈmi(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõˈvɛʁ.sɐ pa.ɾɐ ˈboj doʁˈmi(ʁ)/ [kõˈvɛχ.sɐ pa.ɾɐ ˈboɪ̯ doʁˈmi(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /kõˈvɛɻ.sɐ pa.ɾɐ ˈboj doɻˈmi(ɻ)/ [kõˈvɛɻ.sɐ pa.ɾɐ ˈboɪ̯ doɻˈmi(ɻ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈvɛʁ.sa pa.ɾa ˈboj doʁˈmi(ʁ)/ [kõˈvɛh.sa pa.ɾa ˈboɪ̯ doɦˈmi(h)]
Noun
conversa para boi dormir f (plural conversas para boi dormir)
- (Brazil, idiomatic) tedious conversation
- (Brazil, idiomatic) nonsense
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tolice
Further reading
- “conversa para boi dormir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026