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puxa-saco
🇧🇷 Portuguese slang from Brazil
What does “puxa-saco” mean?
a suck-up, a brown-noser
Example
“Lá vem o puxa-saco do chefe.”
Here comes the boss's suck-up.
Good to know
"Puxar o saco" = to suck up. Mildly vulgar, like "encher o saco".
Who you can say it to
Only with close friends
🙄 Teasing💼 Work
The textbook way to say it: bajulador
Heard in a conversation
Stuck at work on Friday
Thiago Putz! Seu chefe ainda tá enchendo o saco?
Dang! Is your boss still bugging you?
Carol Tá. E o Pedro fica de puxa-saco dele o dia inteiro.
He is. And Pedro sucks up to him all day long.
Thiago Mano, chuta o balde e vem pro rolê com a gente!
Girl, forget it all and come hang out with us!
👅 How other countries say “a suck-up / to suck up”
- 🇵🇹 dar graxaPortugal · Literally 'to give shoe polish'.
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- zoarto tease, mess with
- tretafight, drama
- trampowork, job
- correhustle, grind
- mancadascrew-up, letdown
- vaciloslip-up, bad move
- barracoscene, loud fight
- chatoannoying, boring; a pain (person)
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