mandachuva

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• manda-chuva (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Literally, “rain sender”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.daˈʃu.vɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.daˈʃu.vɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.daˈʃu.va/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.dɐˈʃu.vɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.dɐˈʃu.vɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.dɐˈt͡ʃu.bɐ/ [mɐ̃.dɐˈt͡ʃu.βɐ]

• Rhymes: -uvɐ
• Hyphenation: man‧da‧chu‧va

Noun

mandachuva m or f by sense (plural mandachuvas)

1. (informal) boss; bigwig; head honcho (head of an organization, the person in charge)

Further reading

• “mandachuva”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024