trambolho
Portuguese
Etymology
Uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈbo.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈbo.ʎo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃ˈbo.ʎu/
- Rhymes: -oʎu
- Hyphenation: tram‧bo‧lho
Noun
trambolho m (plural trambolhos)
- junk, thing
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:coisa
- (figuratively) embarrassment, hindrance or obstacle
- (colloquial, by extension) nuisance
- (offensive) fat person
- (Minho, Trás-os-Montes) bolt
- (Açores, Trás-os-Montes) hobble, rod attached to the neck, or other impediment once used to difficult the mobility of dogs
Further reading
- “trambolho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “trambolho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “trambolho”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “trambolho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026