cabide de empregos
Portuguese
editEtymology
editLiterally, “coathanger of jobs”.
Pronunciation
edit- (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/
Noun
editcabide de empregos m (plural cabides de empregos)
- (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.
- 2013, Enrique Barahona Brenes, Três amigos ao entardecer, Letra Capital, page 116: