populacho
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Italian populaccio (modern Italian popolaccio), pejorative of Latin popŭlus (“people, group of people”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /po.puˈla.ʃu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /po.puˈla.ʃo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pu.puˈla.ʃu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pu.puˈla.t͡ʃu/
- Hyphenation: po‧pu‧la‧cho
Noun
populacho m (plural populachos)
- (derogatory) mob, plebs, crowd, hoi polloi, the masses
- Synonym: chusma
Further reading
- “populacho” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “populacho” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “populacho” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “populacho” in Dicionário Online de Português.
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Italian populaccio (modern Italian popolaccio), pejorative of Latin popŭlus (“people, group of people”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /popuˈlat͡ʃo/ [po.puˈla.t͡ʃo]
- Rhymes: -atʃo
- Syllabification: po‧pu‧la‧cho
Noun
populacho m (plural populachos)
- (derogatory) mob, plebs, crowd, hoi polloi, the masses
- Synonym: chusma
Further reading
- “populacho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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