ningres-ningres

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌnĩ.ɡɾizˈnĩ.ɡɾis/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌnĩ.ɡɾiʒˈnĩ.ɡɾiʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌnĩ.ɡɾezˈnĩ.ɡɾes/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌnĩ.ɡɾɨʒˈnĩ.ɡɾɨʃ/

Hyphenation: nin‧gres‧nin‧gres

Noun

ningres-ningres m or f by sense (invariable)

(derogatory) a worthless or useless individual
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:zé-ninguém
shy, timid individual

Further reading

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