mafagafo

Portuguese

Noun

mafagafo m (plural mafagafos)

1. a meaningless word used in tongue-twisters; often this word is converted in various forms and derivations to add in the tongue twister: mafagafinho (diminutive), mafagafar (verb), mafagafigador (agent noun), etc.

   Em um ninho de mafagafos, tinha sete mafagafinhos, quem amafagafigar os mafagafinhos, um bom amafagafigador será.

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