fofoca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɔˈfɔ.kɐ/, /foˈfɔ.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɔˈfɔ.ka/, /foˈfɔ.ka/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɔˈfɔ.kɐ/

Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
Hyphenation: fo‧fo‧ca

Etymology 1

Noun

fofoca f (plural fofocas)

(Brazil) gossip (idle talk)
Synonyms: bisbilhotice, mexerico, fuxico, (Portugal) chisme

Ela espalhou a fofoca por toda a cidade.
She spread the gossip all over the town.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

fofoca

inflection of fofocar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

“fofoca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“fofoca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026