sertanojo

Portuguese

Etymology

Blend of sertanejo +‎ nojo (“disgust”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.taˈno.ʒu/ [seh.taˈno.ʒu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾ.taˈno.ʒu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁ.taˈno.ʒu/ [seχ.taˈno.ʒu]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /seɻ.taˈno.ʒu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁ.taˈno.ʒo/ [seh.taˈno.ʒo]

Rhymes: -oʒu

Noun

sertanojo m (uncountable)

(colloquial, derogatory, chiefly Brazil) sertanejo (a genre of Brazilian folk music), typically sertanejo universitário or funknejo

Further reading

“sertanojo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026