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Portuguese
Etymology
From a variant form of Arabic حُرَّيْقَة (ḥurrayqa, “nettle”). Compare Maltese ħurrieq.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: al‧for‧re‧ca
Noun
alforreca f (plural alforrecas)
- (Portugal, zoology) jellyfish
- Synonyms: (Brazil) água-viva, medusa
- (Portugal, figurative, uncommon) something inconsistent or unpleasant
2014 July 21, Miguel Esteve Cardoso, “Nem por isso”, in Público:O "nem por isso" é a alforreca das respostas negativas. O que mais enfurece nela é a falta não-absoluta de significância.- The "not really" is the jellyfish of negative answers. What is most infuriating about it is the non-absolute lack of significance.