coroca

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi kuruka (“grumbler”)[1].

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɔkɐ

Adjective

coroca m or f (plural corocas)

  1. (Brazil, derogatory, of people) old, decrepit

Derived terms

  • anu-coroca
  • velha coroca
  • velho coroca

References

  1. ^ Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN

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