viralatice

Portuguese

Alternative forms

vira-latice

Etymology

From vira-lata +‎ -ice.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.ɾa.laˈt͡ʃi.si/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.ɾa.laˈt͡ʃi.se/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vi.ɾɐ.lɐˈti.sɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.ɾɐ.lɐˈti.sɨ/

Hyphenation: vi‧ra‧la‧ti‧ce

Noun

viralatice m (usually uncountable, plural viralatices)

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

Further reading

“viralatice”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025