amigo da onça

See also: amigo-da-onça

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

After O Amigo da Onça (literally, "the friend of the jaguar"), a Brazilian comic character created in 1943 by Péricles de Andrade Maranhão.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmi.ɡu da ˈõ.sɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmi.ɡo da ˈõ.sa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈmi.ɡu dɐ ˈõ.sɐ/ [ɐˈmi.ɣu ðɐ ˈõ.sɐ]

Noun

amigo da onça m (plural amigos da onça, feminine amiga da onça, feminine plural amigas da onça)

  1. (chiefly Brazil) traitor
    Synonym: (Portugal) amigo de Peniche

Quotations

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