papamóvel

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Etymology

Calque of Italian papamobile, from papa +‎ -móvel. First attested in 1980, after Pope John Paul II's first visit to Brazil.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.paˈmɔ.vew/ , /pa.paˈmɔ.viw/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.paˈmɔ.vew/
 

Noun

papamóvel m (plural papamóveis)

  1. Popemobile (vehicle with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope)
    • 1980, João José de Oliveira Souza, editor, A palavra de João Paulo II aos brasileiros, Brasília: Escopo, page 91:
      Veículos especiais — logo chamados de "papamóvel" — foram construídos para as saudações do Papa ao povo.
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    • 1985 June 26, Sandro Moreyra, quoting Ferreirinha, “Histórias do Sandro Moreyra”, in Placar, number 792, São Paulo: Abril, page 58, column 1:
      “Não. Bem de perto. Ele veio no papamóvel, parou bem na minha frente, pousou a mão na minha cabeça, olhou e disse: ‘Puxa, Ferreirinha, vá cortar mal cabelo assim nas profundezas do inferno’.”
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