fura-bolos

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Portuguese

FWOTD – 13 April 2013

Etymology

From fura (“pierces”) +‎ bolos (“cakes”), literally “cake-piercer”. Compare Galician furabolos.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfu.ɾɐˈbo.lus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌfu.ɾɐˈbo.luʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfu.ɾaˈbo.los/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌfu.ɾɐˈbo.luʃ/

Noun

fura-bolos m (invariable)

(humorous) the index finger
Synonym: indicador
- 2008, Mário Kuperman, Contos: inclusive um de réis e outro do vigário, Marco Zero, page 94:
  Seu dedo fecha a avenida das formigas. Vacilam, dão a volta no fura-bolos.
  His finger closes the ants’ avenue. They falter, they go around via the index finger.

Coordinate terms

(humorous finger names) dedo; mata-piolho, fura-bolos, pai-de-todos, seu-vizinho, mindinho ^{(Category: pt:Fingers)}

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