linguarudo

Portuguese

Etymology

From língua +‎ -r- +‎ -udo.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /lĩ.ɡwaˈɾu.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /lĩ.ɡwaˈɾu.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lĩ.ɡwɐˈɾu.du/ [lĩ.ɡwɐˈɾu.ðu]

  • Hyphenation: lin‧gua‧ru‧do

Adjective

linguarudo (feminine linguaruda, masculine plural linguarudos, feminine plural linguarudas)

  1. long-tongued
  2. (figurative) who speaks too much and ends up inappropriately revealing information; who is a big mouth; who is a compulsive gossiper
  3. popular name for a genus of sea snails, Olivancillaria, so called because of the anatomical structure it uses for burrowing into the sand

References
  • Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa. São Paulo: Encyclopaedia Britannica do Brasil Publicações Ltda., 1976.
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