tabajara

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi tabaîara. The humorous use of the adjective stems from Organizações Tabajara, a comedy sketch of Casseta e Planeta Urgente showing a fictitious conglomerate that sold items of dubious quality.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.baˈʒa.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.baˈʒa.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ta.baˈʒa.ɾa/

• Rhymes: -aɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ta‧ba‧ja‧ra

Noun

tabajara m or f by sense (plural tabajaras)

1. member of the Tabajara people

Adjective

tabajara m or f (plural tabajaras)

1. (relational) of the Tabajara people
2. (humorous, Brazil) an item of low-quality or replica of a well-known product

   Synonyms: pirata, (Brazil) paraguaio, xingling

Derived terms

• tabajarismo

Further reading

• “tabajara”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “tabajara”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025