tiro-grandi

Macanese

Etymology

Portuguese tiro (“shot”) +‎ grandi (“big”), calque of English big shot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌtiɾu ˈɡrandi/

Noun

tiro-grandi

big shot, an important person

References

https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

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