bruaca

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

• (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)

1. (Brazil) a type of raw-leather bag
   1. used above an animal's saddle for transportation of cargo
   2. used as a handbag
2. (Brazil, derogatory) a degraded woman
   1. an old and ugly woman, sometimes malicious and gossipy

      Synonym: mocreia

   2. an old and decadent prostitute
3. (Brazil, informal) an old and worn-off piece of cloth

Further reading

• “bruaca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “bruaca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024