marambaia

Portuguese

FWOTD – 9 April 2019

Etymology

After the Restinga da Marambaia, a sandspit used by the Brazilian Army as a leisure ground.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾɐ̃ˈbaj.ɐ/ [ma.ɾɐ̃ˈbaɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾɐ̃ˈbaj.ɐ/ [ma.ɾɐ̃ˈbaɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ɾɐ̃ˈbaj.a/ [ma.ɾɐ̃ˈbaɪ̯.a]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈbaj.ɐ/

Noun

marambaia m (plural marambaias)

1. (nautical jargon, derogatory) landlubber (a seaman who prefers being on land)
   • March 1959, Revista de Portugal, n. 173, volume 14, page 404:

     — metáforas patescas de um marambaia —

     — seasoned metaphors of a landlubber —