funcionário-fantasma

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• funcionário fantasma

Etymology

Literally, “ghost employee”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.si.oˌna.ɾi.u.fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐ/ [fũ.sɪ.oˌna.ɾɪ.u.fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˌna.ɾju.fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.si.oˌna.ɾi.u.fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐ/ [fũ.sɪ.oˌna.ɾɪ.u.fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˌna.ɾju.fɐ̃ˈtaz.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fũ.si.oˌna.ɾi.u.fɐ̃ˈtaʒ.mɐ/ [fũ.sɪ.oˌna.ɾɪ.u.fɐ̃ˈtaʒ.mɐ], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˌna.ɾju.fɐ̃ˈtaʒ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fũ.si.oˌna.ɾi.o.fɐ̃ˈtaz.ma/ [fũ.sɪ.oˌna.ɾɪ.o.fɐ̃ˈtaz.ma], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˌna.ɾjo.fɐ̃ˈtaz.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fũ.sjuˌna.ɾju.fɐ̃ˈtaʒ.mɐ/

• Rhymes: -azmɐ
• Hyphenation: fun‧ci‧o‧ná‧ri‧o-fan‧tas‧ma

Noun

funcionário-fantasma m (plural funcionários-fantasmas, feminine funcionária-fantasma, feminine plural funcionárias-fantasmas)

1. ghost employee (a registered employee receiving taxpayers' money without actually working)

   Synonym: marajá