matraquilhos

Portuguese

Etymology

From matraca (“ratchet”) +‎ -ilho.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.tɾaˈki.ʎus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.tɾaˈki.ʎuʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.tɾaˈki.ʎos/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.tɾɐˈki.ʎuʃ/

Noun

matraquilhos m pl (plural only)

(Portugal) table football; foosball (table soccer)
Synonyms: futebol de mesa, (Brazil) pebolim, (Brazil) totó, (Rio Grande do Sul) fla-flu, (Portugal) matrecos

Further reading

“matraquilhos”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026