uma ova
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈũ.mɐ ˈɔ.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈu.ma ˈɔ.va/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈu.mɐ ˈɔ.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈu.mɐ ˈɔ.bɐ/ [ˈu.mɐ ˈɔ.βɐ]
Interjection
- (colloquial) my foot!, my eye! (added to the end of a sentence, indicates disapproval, disdain, disgust)
- Calmo, uma ova! Ele fica bravo com tudo!
- Calm, my foot! He gets mad at everything!
Further reading
- “uma ova”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026