fofoca

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔkɐ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɔˈfɔ.kɐ/, /foˈfɔ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɔˈfɔ.kɐ/, /foˈfɔ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɔˈfɔ.ka/, /foˈfɔ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɔˈfɔ.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: fo‧fo‧ca

Noun

fofoca f (plural fofocas)

1. (Brazil) gossip (idle talk)

   Synonyms: bisbilhotice, mexerico, fuxico, (Portugal) chisme

   Ela espalhou a fofoca por toda a cidade.

   She spread the gossip all over the town.

Derived terms

• fofocar
• fofoqueiro

Etymology 2

Verb

fofoca

1. inflection of fofocar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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