linguarudo

Portuguese

/lĩɲ̞ᵑɡʷaˈɾudʊ̥/

adj
Definitions
  • long-tongue.
  • (figurative) who speaks too much and ends up inappropriately revealing information; who is a big mouth; who is a compulsive gossiper.
  • popular name for a genus of sea snail, , so called because of the anatomical structure it uses for burrowing into the sand.

Etymology

Suffix from Portuguese língua.

Origin

Portuguese

língua

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