vuvuzelo

Esperanto
vuvuzelojn ludanta homamaso

Pronunciation
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  • IPA(key): /vuvuˈzelo/
  • Hyphenation: vu‧vu‧ze‧lo
  • Rhymes: -elo

Noun

vuvuzelo (accusative singular vuvuzelon, plural vuvuzeloj, accusative plural vuvuzelojn)

  1. vuvuzela (type of horn that makes a buzzing sound)
    • 2010 August 13, GrizaLeono, “Sentence nº461769”, in Tatoeba Project‎, retrieved 2012-08-05:
      Komentistoj diversmaniere priskribis la sonon de vuvuzelo kiel "ĝena" kaj "satana" kaj komparis ĝin kun "arego da elefantoj", "surdiga akridosvarmo", "kapro survoje al buĉiĝo", "giganta abelujo plena de koleraj abeloj", kaj "amfetamine drogita anaso".
      Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed".
    Ĉesu blovi tiun aĉan vuvuzelon!
    Stop blowing that damn vuvuzela!

Derived terms
  • vuvuzelaĉo
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