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Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Italian populaccio (modern Italian popolaccio), pejorative of Latin popŭlus (“people, group of people”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: po‧pu‧la‧cho
Noun
populacho m (plural populachos)
- (derogatory) mob, plebs, crowd, hoi polloi, the masses
- Synonym: chusma
Further reading
- “populacho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “populacho”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “populacho”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “populacho”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Italian populaccio (modern Italian popolaccio), pejorative of Latin popŭlus (“people, group of people”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /popuˈlat͡ʃo/
- Rhymes: -atʃo
- Syllabification: po‧pu‧la‧cho
Noun
populacho m (plural populachos)
- (derogatory) mob, plebs, crowd, hoi polloi, the masses
- Synonym: chusma
Further reading