viralatismo

See also: vira-latismo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

vira-latismo

Etymology

From vira-lata +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.ɾa.laˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /vi.ɾa.laˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.ɾa.laˈt͡ʃiz.mo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.ɾɐ.lɐˈtiʒ.mu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.ɾɐ.lɐˈtiʒ.mu/

Hyphenation: vi‧ra‧la‧tis‧mo

Noun

viralatismo m (usually uncountable, plural viralatismos)

(Brazil, colloquial, derogatory) synonym of complexo de vira-lata
Synonym: viralatice

Further reading

“viralatismo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026