a portagayola

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Spanish

recibir a portagayola

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese a porta gaiola (literally “at the cage door”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /a poɾtaɡaˈʝola/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /a poɾtaɡaˈʃola/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /a poɾtaɡaˈʒola/

  • Syllabification: a por‧ta‧ga‧yo‧la

Adverb

a portagayola

  1. (bullfighting or figurative) at the bullpen
    • 2021 April 9, Teodoro León Gross, “El duelo es Sánchez y Ayuso”, in El País‎, retrieved 2021-04-09:
      Aunque Isabel Díaz Ayuso recibiera a portagayola a Pablo Iglesias —¡comunismo o libertad!— con la certeza de estar ante un morlaco corniveleto de embestida tentona al que podía sacarle una gran faena electoral, la realidad es que su rival en el ruedo es Sánchez.
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