cor de burro quando foge

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See also: cor-de-burro-quando-foge and côr de burro quando foge

Portuguese

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FWOTD – 10 November 2014

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Literally, “colour of a donkey when it flees”.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkoʁ d͡ʒi ˈbu.ʁu ˈkwɐ̃.du ˈfɔ.ʒi/ [ˈkoɦ d͡ʒi ˈbu.hu ˈkwɐ̃.du ˈfɔ.ʒi]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈkoɾ d͡ʒi ˈbu.ʁu ˈkwɐ̃.du ˈfɔ.ʒi/ [ˈkoɾ d͡ʒi ˈbu.hu ˈkwɐ̃.du ˈfɔ.ʒi]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkoʁ d͡ʒi ˈbu.ʁu ˈkwɐ̃.du ˈfɔ.ʒi/ [ˈkoʁ d͡ʒi ˈbu.χu ˈkwɐ̃.du ˈfɔ.ʒi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkoɻ de ˈbu.ʁo ˈkwɐ̃.do ˈfɔ.ʒe/ [ˈkoɻ de ˈbu.ho ˈkwɐ̃.do ˈfɔ.ʒe]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkoɾ dɨ ˈbu.ʁu ˈkwɐ̃.du ˈfɔ.ʒɨ/ [ˈkoɾ ðɨ ˈβu.ʁu ˈkwɐ̃.du ˈfɔ.ʒɨ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈko.ɾi dɨ ˈbu.ʁu ˈkwɐ̃.du ˈfɔ.ʒɨ/ [ˈko.ɾi ðɨ ˈβu.ʁu ˈkwɐ̃.du ˈfɔ.ʒɨ]

Noun

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cor de burro quando foge f (uncountable)

  1. (humorous) an indistinct or nameless colour
    • 1999, Fernando Jorge, A Academia do Fardão e da Confusão: a Academia Brasileira de Letras e os seus “imortais” mortais, Geração Editorial, page 144:
      Além disso, pelo fato de ser bem vaidoso, ele pintava os cabelos com uma tinta meio suspeita, a qual lhes deu uma cor estranha. Cor de burro quando foge.
      Besides, due to the fact that he was very vain, he dyed his hair with a somewhat suspicious dye, which gave it a strange colour. A nameless colour.

Adjective

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cor de burro quando foge (invariable)

  1. (humorous) having an indistinct or nameless colour

See also

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