roda-viva

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʁɔ.dɐˈvi.vɐ/ [ˌhɔ.dɐˈvi.vɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌʁɔ.dɐˈvi.vɐ/ [ˌχɔ.dɐˈvi.vɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌʁɔ.daˈvi.va/ [ˌhɔ.daˈvi.va]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌʁɔ.dɐˈvi.vɐ/ [ˌʁɔ.ðɐˈvi.vɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌʁɔ.dɐˈbi.bɐ/ [ˌʁɔ.ðɐˈβi.βɐ]

Hyphenation: ro‧da‧vi‧va

Noun

roda-viva f (plural rodas-vivas)

swarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)
Synonyms: enxame, turba, turbamulta, turbilhão, tropel, barafunda

Further reading

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