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gororoba

Portuguese, noun/ɡo.ɾoˈɾɔ.bɐ/

gororoba is spelled G-O-R-O-R-O-B-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gororoba is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “farrago; hodgepodge; jumble (collection of miscellaneous things)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mistura de comidas, mistureba”.

What does gororoba mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilfeminineinformalfarrago; hodgepodge; jumble (collection of miscellaneous things)

  2. 2

    Brazilfeminineinformalbad food; slop

  3. 3

    Brazilfeminineinformalany meal, especially a simple one

  4. 4

    Brazilfemininecachaça

noun

  1. 1

    derogatoryfemininemasculinea nobody

  2. 2

    Brazilfemininemasculinea drunk person

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. mistura de comidas, mistureba 2. comida de aparência estranha, repulsiva

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 gororoba

  • gororobas plural

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

How do you pronounce gororoba?

  • Brazil /ɡo.ɾoˈɾɔ.bɐ/
  • Brazil /ɡɔ.ɾɔˈɾɔ.bɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to gororoba

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gororoba in Portuguese?

gororoba appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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