cabide de empregos

Portuguese

FWOTD – 5 August 2014

Etymology

Literally, “coathanger of jobs”.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ẽˈpɾe.ɡus/, (natural pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ĩˈpɾe.ɡus/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ẽˈpɾe.ɡus/, (natural pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ĩˈpɾe.ɡus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ẽˈpɾe.ɡuʃ/, (natural pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ĩˈpɾe.ɡuʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /kaˈbi.de de ẽˈpɾe.ɡos/, (natural pronunciation) /kaˈbi.de de ĩˈpɾe.ɡos/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈbi.dɨ d‿ẽˈpɾe.ɡuʃ/ [kɐˈβi.ðɨ ð‿ẽˈpɾe.ɣuʃ]

Noun

cabide de empregos m (plural cabides de empregos)

1. (Brazil) an organisation that exists primarily to provide useless jobs
   • 2013, Enrique Barahona Brenes, Três amigos ao entardecer, Letra Capital, page 116:

     Por isso serve de cabide de empregos para apadrinhados políticos.

     For this reason it serves as a coathanger of jobs for political protégés.