bobó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bobo"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈbɔ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɔˈbɔ/ [bɔˈβɔ]

• Hyphenation: bo‧bó

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

bobó m (plural bobós)

1. (Portugal, colloquial, vulgar) fellatio

Etymology 2

From Ewe bobó.

Noun

bobó m (plural bobós)

1. (Brazil, cooking) dish made of manioc cream
2. (Brazil, cooking) dish made of beans, plantain and palm oil

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

bobó m (plural bobós)

1. (Amazonas, cooking) beef lung
2. (Bahia, colloquial) pregnancy
3. (Bahia, Pernambuco) killifish (any of a number of tiny fish in the Cyprinodontidae family)

   Synonyms: barrigudinho, guaru

4. (Bahia) love-apple (Solanum aculeatissimum)

Further reading

• “bobó”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “bobó”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025