bocudo

Portuguese

Etymology

From boca +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈku.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈku.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /boˈku.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /buˈku.du/ [buˈku.ðu]

• Rhymes: -udu
• Hyphenation: bo‧cu‧do

Adjective

bocudo (feminine bocuda, masculine plural bocudos, feminine plural bocudas)(informal, derogatory)

1. bigmouthed (having a large mouth)
2. (Brazil, figurative, of a baby) excessively crying
3. (chiefly South Brazil, figurative) mouthbreathing

Noun

bocudo m (plural bocudos, feminine bocuda, feminine plural bocudas)(Brazil, figurative, informal, derogatory)

1. crybaby (a baby who cries excessively)
2. bigmouth (one who talks too much)
3. (chiefly South Brazil) mouth breather (a stupid person)

Further reading

• “bocudo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “bocudo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “bocudo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “bocudo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “bocudo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From boca +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈkudo/ [boˈku.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -udo
• Syllabification: bo‧cu‧do

Adjective

bocudo (feminine bocuda, masculine plural bocudos, feminine plural bocudas)

1. bigmouthed (having a large mouth)

   Synonym: bocón

Further reading

• “bocudo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “bocudo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.