maritaca

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • maitaca, baitaca

Etymology

From earlier maitaca / baitaca, borrowed from Nheengatu maitaka.[1]

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -akɐ
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ta‧ca

Noun

maritaca f (plural maritacas) (Brazil)

  1. any bird in the genus Pionus
  2. (colloquial) chatterbox; blabbermouth (someone who chats in excess)
    Synonyms: tagarela, papagaio

References

  1. ^ Avila, Marcel Twardowsky (2021), “maitaka”, in Proposta de dicionário nheengatu-português [Nheengatu–Portuguese dictionary proposal] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: USP, →DOI, page 437

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