perrengue

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish perrengue.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈʁẽ.ɡi/ [peˈhẽ.ɡi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈʁẽ.ɡi/ [peˈhẽ.ɡi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peˈʁẽ.ɡi/ [peˈχẽ.ɡi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈʁẽ.ɡe/ [peˈhẽ.ɡe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈʁẽ.ɡɨ/

• Hyphenation: per‧ren‧gue

Noun

perrengue m (plural perrengues)

1. (colloquial) difficulty (difficult situation)

   Synonym: apuro