borogodó

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• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: bo‧ro‧go‧dó

borogodó m (uncountable)

1. (Brazil, slang) charm, attraction, sex appeal
   • 2014, Aline Campbell, “Budapeste”, in Portas abertas: três meses na Europa sem um centavo no bolso [Open doors: three months in Europe without a single cent in my pocket], Rio de Janeiro, page 185:

     Os rapazes eram brasileiros e as moças, húngaras. Eram bem bonitas e dançavam bem até, mas faltava borogodó.

     The lads were Brazilian and the ladies, Hungarian. They were very pretty and danced quite good, but it lacked some charm.

   • 2025 June 20, “Todos ganham armas [They All Get Guns]” (6:46 from the start), in Gooseworx, director, O Incrível Circo Digital‎^[1], episode 5, Glitch Productions, dubbing of The Amazing Digital Circus, via YouTube:

     [Pomni:] Você já... já tem uma dupla?
     [Jax:] Uh, olha quem chegou. Você acha mesmo que dá conta de todo esse borogodó?

     [original: [Pomni:] You have a partner yet?
     [Jax:] Well, look who it is. You sure you can handle me in all my glory?]

     [Pomni:] Do you already... already have a pair?
     [Jax:] Huh, look who came. Do you really think you can handle all this charm?

• “borogodó”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “borogodó”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “borogodó”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025