cabide de empregos
Portuguese
FWOTD – 5 August 2014
Etymology
Literally, “coathanger of jobs”.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ẽˈpɾe.ɡus/, (natural pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ĩˈpɾe.ɡus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ẽˈpɾe.ɡuʃ/, (natural pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ĩˈpɾe.ɡuʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /kaˈbi.de de ẽˈpɾe.ɡos/, (natural pronunciation) /kaˈbi.de de ĩˈpɾe.ɡos/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈbi.dɨ d‿ẽˈpɾe.ɡuʃ/ [kɐˈβi.ðɨ ð‿ẽˈpɾe.ɣuʃ]
Noun
cabide de empregos m (plural cabides de empregos)
- (Brazil) an organisation that exists primarily to provide useless jobs
- 2013, Enrique Barahona Brenes, Três amigos ao entardecer, Letra Capital, page 116:
- Por isso serve de cabide de empregos para apadrinhados políticos.
- For this reason it serves as a coathanger of jobs for political protégés.
- 2013, Enrique Barahona Brenes, Três amigos ao entardecer, Letra Capital, page 116:
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