cara-pintada

Portuguese

Caras-pintadas in a protest in front of the National Congress, Brasília, in September 1992.

Etymology

Literally, “painted face”.

Noun

cara-pintada m or f by sense (plural caras-pintadas)

1. (historical) in Brazil, in 1991–1992, any of the students who painted their faces with the colors of the national flag and went on protests demanding the impeachment of the president Fernando Collor de Mello

Further reading

• Caras-pintadas on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt
• Fernando Collor de Mello on Wikipedia.Wikipedia