rodar a baiana
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “to spin the Bahian woman”.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]rodar a baiana (first-person singular present rodo a baiana, first-person singular preterite rodei a baiana, past participle rodado a baiana)
- (Brazil, idiomatic, informal) to make a scene in a dramatic way, usually in response to a provocation
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
[edit]- “rodar a baiana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024