barraco

See also: Barraco

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈʁa.ku/ [baˈha.ku]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /baˈʁa.ku/ [baˈχa.ku]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baˈʁa.ko/ [baˈha.ko]

  • Rhymes: -aku
  • Hyphenation: bar‧ra‧co

Etymology 1

From barraca (“tent, hut”) +‎ -o (forms masculine equivalents).

Noun

barraco m (plural barracos)

  1. shack (crude hut)
    Synonyms: choupana, cabana, casebre
    • 1979 May 18, Maria Helena Dutra, “Um atleta exemplar entre a fome e o recorde”, in Placar, number 473, São Paulo: Abril, page 44:
      São mais de duas horas de ônibus, para se chegar a Paciência, na zona rural do Rio, onde fica o barraco de Arcanjo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2021 July 23, MC Kaique da VP, “Taca a Xereca pra Mim” (0:31 from the start)‎[1]:
      É que hoje vai ter festinha aqui dentro do meu barraco
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Brazil, colloquial) a verbal conflict concerning personal matters in the presence of more people; a fight, a scene
    Synonyms: treta, escândalo
Descendants
  • → Kadiwéu: balaacogo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

barraco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of barracar

Further reading

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