porpeta

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian polpetta.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈpe.tɐ/ [pohˈpe.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾˈpe.tɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁˈpe.tɐ/ [poχˈpe.tɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /poɻˈpe.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈpe.ta/ [pohˈpe.ta]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈpe.tɐ/

Hyphenation: pol‧pe‧ta

Noun

porpeta f (plural porpetas)

(Brazil) meatball
Synonym: almôndega

Adjective

porpeta m or f (plural porpetas)

(Brazil, derogatory, slang) fat, obese
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gordo