chupa-chupa

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See also: chupachupa

Portuguese

Etymology

Reduplication of chupar (“to suck”).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: chu‧pa‧-chu‧pa

Noun

chupa-chupa m (plural chupa-chupas)

  1. (Portugal) lollipop
    Synonyms: chupa, (Brazil) pirulito, (Angola) sambapito
  2. (Brazil) unidentified flying objects associated with the Colares UFO wave
    • 1983, Márcio Souza, A ordem do dia: folhetim voador não identificado, Editora Marco Zero, page 61:
      — De forma nenhuma, Cruz. Esse homem foi morto porque sabia demais sobre essas luzes que o povo chama de “Chupa-chupa”.
      — No way, Cruz. This man was killed because he knew too much about these lights the people call “Chupa-chupa”.
    • 1995, Fernando Cleto Nunes Pereira, Que Ciência Constrói Discos Voadores?, Editora Record, page 43:
      Ela descreveu cuidadosamente como um certo tipo de luz, também conhecida como “chupa-chupa”, surgiu no Norte e Nordeste do Brasil, atacando seres humanos que descansavam deitados em redes.
      She carefully described how a certain type of light, also known as “chupa-chupa”, appeared in the North and Northeast of Brazil, attacking human beings who were resting lying in hammocks.
    • 1997, Rodolfo A. Franconi, Erotismo e Poder na Ficção Brasileira Contemporânea, Annablume, page 52:
      O “fenômeno dos desaparecimentos” é atribuído a forças extraterrenas: uma nave espacial, o “Chupa-chupa”, é a causadora do inexplicável.
      The “disappearing phenomenon” is attributed to extraterrestrial forces: a spacecraft, the “Chupa-chupa”, is the cause of the unexplainable.
    • April 2003, Pablo Villarrubia Mauso, O mistério das luzes assassinas na Amazônia Ufo magazine, page 35:
      Aquele homem tinha conhecimento de detalhes importantíssimos e desconhecidos da ação do Chupa-Chupa na região, como as marcas deixadas pelo estranho artefato voador.
      That man had knowledge about extremely important and unknown details of the Chupa-Chupa's action in the region, such as marks left by the strange flying artefact.
  3. (Brazil) Synonym of caapiá-verdadeiro

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