cara-pintada

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Portuguese

Caras-pintadas in a protest in front of the National Congress, Brasília, in September 1992.

Etymology

Literally, “painted face”.

Noun

cara-pintada m or f by sense (plural caras-pintadas)

  1. (historical) in Brazil, in 1991–1992, any of the students who painted their faces with the colors of the national flag and went on protests demanding the impeachment of the president Fernando Collor de Mello

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