toma lá dá cá
Portuguese, noun
toma lá dá cá is spelled T-O-M-A-L-Á-D-Á-C-Á (10 letters). Toma lá dá cá is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a favor exchange; an instance in which two or more people do something that benefits everyone involved” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, toma-lá-dá-cá is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of toma lá dá cá; still used…”.
What does toma lá dá cá mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea favor exchange; an instance in which two or more people do something that benefits everyone involved
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of toma lá dá cá; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. tráfico de favores em que quem favorece é, em troca, favorecido
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 toma lá dá cá
- toma-lá-dá-cá alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).