rolezinho

Portuguese
FWOTD – 30 March 2023

Etymology

From rôle, rolé (“hanging out, walk”) +‎ -z- +‎ -inho.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁoˌleˈzĩ.ɲu/ [hoˌleˈzĩ.j̃u]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁoˌleˈzĩ.ɲu/ [χoˌleˈzĩ.j̃u]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁoˌleˈzi.ɲo/ [hoˌleˈzi.ɲo]

Noun

rolezinho m (plural rolezinhos)

  1. Diminutive of rolé (“short walk”)
  2. Diminutive of rolê (“short walk”)
  3. (Brazil, neologism, slang) a type of flash mob
    • 2014 January 12, Wagner Iglecias, Rafael Alcadipani, “Os “rolezinhos” e um apartheid à brasileira”, in Fórum‎:
      Os primeiros rolezinhos aconteceram em shoppings da periferia, e a presença de seguranças e policiais também ocorreu.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  • rolezaum

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