geringonça

Portuguese

Alternative forms

gerigonça

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gerigonza, from Old Occitan gergons.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨ.ɾĩ.ˈɡõ.sɐ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ɾĩ.ˈɡõ.sɐ/
Hyphenation: ge‧rin‧gon‧ça

Noun

geringonça f (plural geringonças)

contraption (complicated and precarious machine)
slang (language outside of conventional usage)

Synonyms

(precarious machine): engenhoca
(slang): gíria, calão

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