bruaca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾuˈa.kɐ/ [bɾʊˈa.kɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɾwa.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾuˈa.ka/ [bɾʊˈa.ka], (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɾwa.ka/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾuˈa.kɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɾwa.kɐ/

Hyphenation: bru‧a‧ca

Noun

bruaca f (plural bruacas)

(Brazil) a type of raw-leather bag
1. used above an animal's saddle for transportation of cargo
2. used as a handbag
(Brazil, derogatory) a degraded woman
1. an old and ugly woman, sometimes malicious and gossipy
  Synonym: mocreia
2. an old and decadent prostitute
(Brazil, informal) an old and worn-off piece of cloth

Further reading

“bruaca” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
“bruaca” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

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