nhenhenhém

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly onomatopoeic or a reduplication of Old Tupi nhe'eng (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɲẽ.ɲẽˈɲẽj̃/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɲe.ɲeˈɲẽj̃/

  • Rhymes: -ẽj̃
  • Hyphenation: nhé‧nhé‧nhém

Interjection

nhenhenhém

  1. Indicates whining and wailing.

Noun

nhenhenhém m (plural nhenhenhéns)

  1. (Brazil, informal, derogatory) a repetitive and/or annoying speech, especially of complaints; whining, wailing
    Synonyms: chororô, mimimi, nhanhanhã
    Elas são cheias de nhenhenhém. ― They are full of whining.
    • 2015 February 2, “"Se for de nhenhenhém, enjoo em uma semana", dispara Anitta”, in iBahia:
      Questinada sobre o tipo de homem que lhe agrada, a cantora não se conteve e disparou: "Não sou de mimimi. Sou até um pouco bruta, inclusive. Se o cara for de nhenhenhém, eu enjoo em uma semana, um dia".
      When asked about the type of man that suited her, the singer didn't contain herself and fired back: "I don't like whining. I am even a bit blunt. If the guy is the type to whine, I lose interest in a week, a day."
    • 2019 January 2, Luis Zanin Oricchio, “'A Pé Ele Não Vai Longe' revive o corrosivo cartunista John Callahan”, in Terra:
      Num tempo cheio de mimimis e nhenhenhéns, talvez o novo filme de Gus Van Sant tenha um valor especial.
      In a world full of wailing an whining, perhaps the new film by Gux Van Sant has a special meaning.
    • 2023 October 14, Amanda Pessoa, quoting Aloizio Mercadante, “Mercadante minimiza calote da Venezuela: 'Não há motivo para nhenhenhem' [Mercadante minimizes the scam in Venezuela: 'There's no reason for this whining']”, in Estado de Minas:
      O relevante é olhar para frente, de como é que nós vamos construir o crescimento das exportações e o desenvolvimento do Brasil. Vocês [jornalistas] ficam com esse 'nhenhenhem', que é uma coisa absolutamente irrelevante para o BNDES.
      The relevant thing is to look ahead, how we are going to build the growth of exports and the development in Brasil. You keep wailing, which is something absolutely irrelevant for the BNDES.

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