geringonça

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gerigonça

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gerigonza, from Old Occitan gergons.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾĩˈɡõ.sɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾĩˈɡõ.sɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾĩˈɡõ.sa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.ɾĩˈɡõ.sɐ/

• Hyphenation: ge‧rin‧gon‧ça

Noun

geringonça f (plural geringonças)

1. contraption (complicated and precarious machine)

   Synonym: engenhoca

2. slang (language outside of conventional usage)

   Synonyms: gíria, calão