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barraco
🇧🇷 Portuguese slang from Brazil
What does “barraco” mean?
scene, loud fight
Example
“Ela armou um barraco no meio do bar.”
She made a scene in the middle of the bar.
Good to know
Literally "shack". "Armar/fazer um barraco" = make a scene.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🙄 Teasing😮 Reactions
The textbook way to say it: escândalo
Heard in a conversation
Who ate the cake?
Rodrigo Nem a pau! Foi o Caio, ele chegou da balada morrendo de fome.
No way! It was Caio, he came back from the club starving.
Bruna O Caio? Aquele que vive enchendo o saco de todo mundo? Vou fazer um barraco!
Caio? The one who's always bugging everyone? I'm going to make a scene!
Rodrigo Calma, sem treta no grupo. Ele já mandou mensagem: vai comprar outro bolo. Pisou na bola, mas tá arrependido.
Easy, no drama in the group. He already texted: he's buying another cake. He messed up, but he's sorry.
📢 How other countries say “a scene (loud fuss)”
- 🇵🇹 dar barracaPortugal
More from Brazil
- tretafight, drama
- chatoannoying, boring; a pain (person)
- encher o sacoto annoy, to bug someone
- saudadelonging, missing someone
- de boachill, fine, no worries
- zoarto tease, mess with
- tô nem aíI don't care
- pôcome on, damn
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