rabo de saia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rabo-de-saia (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu d͡ʒi ˈsaj.ɐ/ [ˈha.bu d͡ʒi ˈsaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu d͡ʒi ˈsaj.ɐ/ [ˈha.bu d͡ʒi ˈsaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu d͡ʒi ˈsaj.ɐ/ [ˈχa.bu d͡ʒi ˈsaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bo de ˈsaj.a/ [ˈha.bo de ˈsaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.bu dɨ ˈsaj.ɐ/ [ˈʁa.βu ðɨ ˈsaj.ɐ]

Noun

rabo de saia m (plural rabos de saia)

1. (Brazil, informal) bit of skirt (a woman, when regarded as a sexual object)

Further reading

• “rabo de saia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025