linguarudo

Portuguese

Etymology

From língua +‎ -r- +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lĩ.ɡwaˈɾu.du/

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

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

• Hyphenation: lin‧gua‧ru‧do

Adjective

linguarudo (feminine linguaruda, masculine plural linguarudos, feminine plural linguarudas)

1. long-tongued
2. (figurative) who speaks too much and ends up inappropriately revealing information; who is a big mouth; who is a compulsive gossiper
3. popular name for a genus of sea snails, Olivancillaria, so called because of the anatomical structure it uses for burrowing into the sand

References

• Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa. São Paulo: Encyclopaedia Britannica do Brasil Publicações Ltda., 1976.