piá de prédio

Portuguese

FWOTD – 2 June 2021

Etymology

Literally, “apartment-block boy”; from the stereotype that boys who grow up in apartment blocks live sheltered lives.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈa d͡ʒi ˈpɾɛ.d͡ʒi.u/ [pɪˈa d͡ʒi ˈpɾɛ.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpja d͡ʒi ˈpɾɛ.d͡ʒju/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈa d͡ʒi ˈpɾɛ.d͡ʒi.u/ [pɪˈa d͡ʒi ˈpɾɛ.d͡ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpja d͡ʒi ˈpɾɛ.d͡ʒju/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈa de ˈpɾɛ.d͡ʒi.o/ [pɪˈa de ˈpɾɛ.d͡ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ˈpja de ˈpɾɛ.d͡ʒjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpja dɨ ˈpɾɛ.dju/ [ˈpja ðɨ ˈpɾɛ.ðju]

Noun

piá de prédio m (plural piás de prédio)

1. (Paraná) sheltered kid (a boy or man who had a sheltered upbringing, lacks outdoor skills and is not streetwise)
   • 2020, Marcelo Bigardi, Café com Deus 2: Café e leitura para um ótimo dia, T.d.B Editora, page 216:

     E, então, quando o rei olhou para Davi, em outras palavas, disse: “você é um guri, um piá de prédio”, como costumamos dizer no Paraná, […]

     And then, when the king looked at David, in other words he said: “you are a boy, a sheltered kid”, like we say in Paraná, […]