meter o rabo entre as pernas
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈte(ɾ) u ˈʁa.bu ˈẽ.tɾi as ˈpɛʁ.nɐs/ [meˈte(ɾ) u ˈha.bu ˈẽ.tɾi as ˈpɛɦ.nɐs]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /meˈte(ɾ) u ˈʁa.bu ˈẽ.tɾi as ˈpɛɾ.nɐs/ [meˈte(ɾ) u ˈha.bu ˈẽ.tɾi as ˈpɛɾ.nɐs]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /meˈte(ɾ) u ˈʁa.bu ˈẽ.tɾi aʃ ˈpɛʁ.nɐʃ/ [meˈte(ɾ) u ˈχa.bu ˈẽ.tɾi aʃ ˈpɛʁ.nɐʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /meˈte(ɾ) o ˈʁa.bo ˈẽ.tɾe as ˈpɛɻ.nas/ [meˈte(ɾ) o ˈha.bo ˈẽ.tɾe as ˈpɛɻ.nas]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈteɾ u ˈʁa.bu ˈẽ.tɾ‿ɐʃ ˈpɛɾ.nɐʃ/ [mɨˈteɾ u ˈʁa.βu ˈẽ.tɾ‿ɐʃ ˈpɛɾ.nɐʃ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈte.ɾi u ˈʁa.bu ˈẽ.tɾ‿ɐʃ ˈpɛɾ.nɐʃ/ [mɨˈte.ɾi u ˈʁa.βu ˈẽ.tɾ‿ɐʃ ˈpɛɾ.nɐʃ]
Verb
meter o rabo entre as pernas (first-person singular present meto o rabo entre as pernas, first-person singular preterite meti o rabo entre as pernas, past participle metido o rabo entre as pernas)
- (idiomatic) to put one's tail between one's legs
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meter, o, rabo, entre, as, pernas.
See also
Further reading
- “rabo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “rabo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “rabo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025