populacho

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Italian populaccio (modern Italian popolaccio), pejorative of Latin popŭlus (“people, group of people”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.puˈla.ʃu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.puˈla.ʃu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.puˈla.ʃo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.puˈla.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.puˈla.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.puˈla.t͡ʃu/

• Hyphenation: po‧pu‧la‧cho

Noun

populacho m (plural populachos)

1. (derogatory) mob, plebs, crowd, hoi polloi, the masses

   Synonym: chusma

Further reading

• “populacho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “populacho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “populacho”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “populacho”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Italian populaccio (modern Italian popolaccio), pejorative of Latin popŭlus (“people, group of people”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /popuˈlat͡ʃo/ [po.puˈla.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -atʃo
• Syllabification: po‧pu‧la‧cho

Noun

populacho m (plural populachos)

1. (derogatory) mob, plebs, crowd, hoi polloi, the masses

   Synonym: chusma

Further reading

• “populacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10