mutirão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi motyrõ.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mu.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [mu.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.tiˈɾɐ̃w̃/

Noun

mutirão m (plural mutirões)

1. (Brazil) collective and voluntary mobilization to make some effort; task force
   • 1956, Guimarães Rosa, Grande Sertão: Veredas:

     …a vida é mutirão de todos, por todos remexida e temperada.

     Life is [the result of] a joint effort from all, and by all it is re-stirred and seasoned.