fura-bolos

Portuguese

FWOTD – 13 April 2013

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌfu.ɾɐˈbo.lus/

• (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/ [ˌfu.ɾɐˈβo.luʃ]

Noun

fura-bolos m (invariable)

1. (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)}