cutucar a onça com vara curta
Portuguese, verb/ku.tuˈka(ɾ) a ˈõ.sɐ kõ ˈva.ɾɐ ˈkuʁ.tɐ/
cutucar a onça com vara curta is spelled C-U-T-U-C-A-R-A-O-N-Ç-A-C-O-M-V-A-R-A-C-U-R-T-A (24 letters). Cutucar a onça com vara curta is a Portuguese verb meaning “to tickle the dragon's tail (to do something that has a risk of going catastrophically wrong)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does cutucar a onça com vara curta mean in English?
verb
- 1
Brazilto tickle the dragon's tail (to do something that has a risk of going catastrophically wrong)
- 2
Brazilto tickle the dragon's tail (to annoy an irritable person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. abusar de uma situação que pode trazer consequências perigosas 2. insultar ou provocar algo ou alguém que está aparentemente quieto
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cutucar a onça com vara curta
- cutuco a onça com vara curta first-person present singular
- cutuquei a onça com vara curta first-person preterite singular
- cutucado a onça com vara curta participle past
- c-qu alternation
- cutucares a onça com vara curta infinitive second-person singular
- cutucarmos a onça com vara curta first-person infinitive plural
- cutucardes a onça com vara curta infinitive plural second-person
- cutucarem a onça com vara curta infinitive plural third-person
- cutucando a onça com vara curta gerund
- cutucados a onça com vara curta masculine participle past
- cutucada a onça com vara curta feminine participle past
- cutucadas a onça com vara curta feminine participle past
- cutucas a onça com vara curta indicative present second-person
- cutuca a onça com vara curta indicative present singular
- cutucamos a onça com vara curta first-person indicative plural
- cutucais a onça com vara curta indicative plural present
- cutucam a onça com vara curta indicative plural present
- cutucava a onça com vara curta first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cutucar a onça com vara curta?
- Brazil /ku.tuˈka(ɾ) a ˈõ.sɐ kõ ˈva.ɾɐ ˈkuʁ.tɐ/
- Brazil [ku.tuˈka(ɾ) a ˈõ.sɐ kõ ˈva.ɾɐ ˈkuh.tɐ]
- Brazil /ku.tuˈkaɾ‿ a ˈõ.sɐ kõ ˈva.ɾɐ ˈkuʁ.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.