pororoca

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese pororoca.

Noun

pororoca (plural pororocas)

1. A tidal flood, especially at the mouth of the Amazon River, that rushes with a roaring noise into the river and proceeds in one or more waves that often present a very abrupt front of considerable height.

Alternative forms

• piroróco (obsolete)

Related terms

• tidal bore

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi pororoka (“explosion”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.ɾoˈɾɔ.kɐ/, /pɔ.ɾɔˈɾɔ.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.ɾoˈɾɔ.kɐ/, /pɔ.ɾɔˈɾɔ.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.ɾoˈɾɔ.ka/, /pɔ.ɾɔˈɾɔ.ka/

• Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
• Hyphenation: po‧ro‧ro‧ca

Noun

pororoca f (usually uncountable, plural pororocas)

1. (Brazil) pororoca
   • 2009, Selvagem ao Extremo, spoken by Richard Rasmussen, São Paulo: Grupo Record, via RecordTV; republished as A incrível pororoca‎^[1], 2016 April 10:

     Eu trago a vocês e entrego: pororoca!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → English: pororoca
• → German: Pororoca
• → Italian: pororoca
• → Spanish: pororoca