Fura-Fila

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “the Queue Jumper”, from furar a fila (“to jump the queue”).

Proper noun

Fura-Fila m

1. (historical) a bus rapid transit (BRT) in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, proposed in 1995 and later canceled mid-construction; it was then converted into the Paulistão, which was ultimately canceled mid-construction too and converted into the Expresso Tiradentes, inaugurated in 2007

Further reading

• Fura-Fila on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• Expresso Tiradentes on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt