paraíba

Portuguese

Etymology

From Paraíba, referring to the Brazilians from the Northeast that moved to Rio de Janeiro in the 1960s.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈi.bɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈi.bɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈi.ba/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.ɾɐˈi.bɐ/ [pɐ.ɾɐˈi.βɐ]

• Homophone: Paraíba
• Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧í‧ba

Noun

paraíba m or f by sense (plural paraíbas)

1. (Rio de Janeiro, offensive) a person from the northeast of Brazil