mutirão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi motyrõ.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /mu.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃w̃/ [mu.t͡ʃiˈɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.tiˈɾɐ̃w̃/

Noun

mutirão m (plural mutirões)

(Brazil) collective and voluntary mobilization to make some effort
- 1956, Guimarães Rosa, Grande Sertão: Veredas:
  …a vida é mutirão de todos, por todos remexida e temperada.
  Life is [the result of] a joint effort from all, and by all it is re-stirred and seasoned.

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