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caça aos gambozinos

Portuguese, noun

caça aos gambozinos is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “snipe hunt (prank in which a gullible person is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does caça aos gambozinos mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesnipe hunt (prank in which a gullible person is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item)

  2. 2

    femininewild-goose chase, fool's errand (a futile search; a useless and often lengthy task)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of caça aos gambozinos

  • caças aos gambozinos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).