de rocha

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi ˈʁɔ.ʃɐ/ [d͡ʒi ˈhɔ.ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi ˈʁɔ.ʃɐ/ [d͡ʒi ˈhɔ.ʃɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi ˈʁɔ.ʃɐ/ [d͡ʒi ˈχɔ.ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de ˈʁɔ.ʃa/ [de ˈhɔ.ʃa]

Adverb

de rocha

1. (North Brazil, slang) for real, truly, I know, right?
   • 2024 June 21, Elisa Maria Pinheiro de Souza, Saberes Educacionais em Seus Múltiplos Contextos – Vol. 3‎^[1], Editora BAGAI, →ISBN, page 198:

     A gente fala na gíria... de rocha...

     We speak using slang... for real...

Further reading

• “de rocha”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024