bode expiatório

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.d͡ʒi is.pi.aˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔ.d͡ʒi is.pjaˈtɔ.ɾju/, /ˈbɔ.d͡ʒi es.pi.aˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔ.d͡ʒi es.pjaˈtɔ.ɾju/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.d͡ʒi iʃ.pi.aˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔ.d͡ʒi iʃ.pjaˈtɔ.ɾju/, /ˈbɔ.d͡ʒi eʃ.pi.aˈtɔ.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔ.d͡ʒi eʃ.pjaˈtɔ.ɾju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.de es.pi.aˈtɔ.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɔ.de es.pjaˈtɔ.ɾjo/
 

Noun

bode expiatório m (plural bodes expiatórios)

  1. scapegoat (someone punished for someone else's error(s))