cabide de empregos

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Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, coathanger of jobs.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ẽˈpɾe.ɡus/, (natural pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ĩˈpɾe.ɡus/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ẽˈpɾe.ɡuʃ/, (natural pronunciation) /kaˈbi.d͡ʒi d͡ʒi ĩˈpɾe.ɡuʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /kaˈbi.de de ẽˈpɾe.ɡos/, (natural pronunciation) /kaˈbi.de de ĩˈpɾe.ɡos/

Noun

cabide de empregos m (plural cabides de empregos)

  1. (Brazil) an organisation that exists primarily to provide useless jobs
    • 2013, Enrique Barahona Brenes, Três amigos ao entardecer, Letra Capital, page 116:
      Por isso serve de cabide de empregos para apadrinhados políticos.
      For this reason it serves as a coathanger of jobs for political protégés.