cão chupando manga

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “dog sucking on a mango”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.du ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/ [ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.du ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.du ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/ [ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.du ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.do ˈmɐ̃.ɡa/ [ˈkɐ̃ʊ̯̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.do ˈmɐ̃.ɡa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.du ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃ ʃuˈpɐ̃.du ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃w̃ t͡ʃuˈpɐ̃.du ˈmɐ̃.ɡɐ/

• Hyphenation: cão, chu‧pan‧do, man‧ga

Noun

cão chupando manga m or f by sense (plural cães chupando manga)

1. (Brazil, informal, derogatory) someone very ugly
2. (Brazil, informal) someone very angry or bad
3. (Brazil, informal) something difficult to accomplish

Further reading

• “cão chupando manga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024