songamonga

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sõ.ɡaˈmõ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sõ.ɡaˈmõ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sõ.ɡaˈmõ.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sõ.ɡɐˈmõ.ɡɐ/

• Rhymes: -õɡɐ
• Hyphenation: son‧ga‧mon‧ga

Adjective

songamonga m or f (plural songamongas)

1. (informal) phony, false, cunning, two-faced

Noun

songamonga m or f by sense (plural songamongas)

1. (informal) slyboots, phony

Related terms

• monga

 

Further reading

• “songamonga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “songamonga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024