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The Portuguese word for turkey is
peru





turkey

Gender

The gender of peru is masculine. E.g. o peru.

Plural

The plural of peru is perus.

Portuguese Definition


turkey
     1. Substantivo. peru
     2. Substantivo. (Coloquial) fracasso
           That film was a turkey.: Aquele filme foi um fracasso.
     3. Substantivo. (Gíria) pessoa estúpida ou incompetente
           The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.: O tonto me cortou e quis brigar comigo quando eu bati no carro dele.
     4. Substantivo. (Boliche) o ato de fazer três strikes em seguida



Translations for turkey and their definitions

peru
     1. n-m. turkey
     2. n-m. (Portugal, soccer) a goal resulting from a shameful mistake by the goalkeeper
     3. n-m. (Brazil, vulgar) penis


bobo
     1. adj. (Brazil) silly, stupid
     2. adj. (Brazil) naive
     3. n-m. (historical) jester (person who amused a medieval court)
     4. n-m. (chiefly Brazil) a stupid or naive person; a fool



tolo
     1. adj. foolish; silly (having or characterised by poor judgement or little intelligence)
           Pare de ser tolo e comece a pensar. - Stop being foolish and start thinking.
           Infelizmente, o que fizemos foi extremamente tolo. - Unfortunately, what we did was extremely foolish.
     2. n-m. fool, idiot (foolish person)


burro
     1. n-m. donkey
     2. n-m. non-gloss, a card game
     3. n-m. (derogatory) idiot, dunce
     4. n-m. sawhorse
     5. n-m. (Brazil, university slang) crib (a literal translation, usually of a Classical work)
     6. n-m. donkey engine
     7. n-m. (Angola) African striped grunt
     8. n-m. (nautical) boom vang
     9. adj. stupid, dumb, idiotic


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