tobata

Portuguese

Etymology

Genericized trademark from Tobatta, a now-defunct Brazilian tractor manufacturer. First attested in the 1960s.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈba.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈba.ta/

  • Rhymes: -atɐ
  • Hyphenation: to‧ba‧ta

Noun

tobata f (plural tobatas)

  1. (Brazil, dialectal) two-wheel tractor
    Synonym: microtrator
    • 1965 November 5, “Vende-se Uma Chácara em Sobradinho [Farm for sale in Sobradinho]”, in Correio Braziliense, number 1668, Brasília: Diários Associados, page 4, column 7:
      VENDE-SE UMA CHÁCARA: A 20 km do Plano Pilôto, com 50 hectares, totalmente aproveitada, arada e calada, […] Podendo ser acompanhado de trator tobata, carroças, animais de custeio, máquinas e implementos agrícolas.
      FARM FOR SALE: 20 km away from Plano Piloto, of 50 hectares, totally leveraged, ploughed and limed. It can be accompanied by a two-wheel tractor, horse carts, farm animals, machinery and agricultural implements.
    • 2018 May 7, João Vítor Roberge, “Agricultores precisam estar atentos às normas de trânsito para maquinário [Farmers must be attentive to traffic regulations for machinery]”, in O Município‎[1], Brusque, archived from the original on 7 May 2025:
      Sua recomendação é que, para tobatas e outras máquinas agrícolas chegarem a um terreno do outro lado da via, o ideal é transportá-las em um caminhão, já que trafegar pelo acostamento é considerado infração gravíssima.
      His recommendation is that, for two-wheel tractors and other agricultural machinery to reach a terrain across the road, the ideal is to transport them by truck, since driving on the breakdown lane is considered a very serious offence.
    • 2022 June 10, Larissa Avilez, “Agricultor do ES monta minicaminhão para poder trabalhar na roça [Farmer from ES[Espírito Santo] builds minitruck for working in the fields]”, in A Gazeta‎[2], Vitória, archived from the original on 10 June 2022:
      O primeiro dos automóveis foi construído no final da década de 1990, na tentativa de substituir uma tobata — espécie de minitrator utilizado na agricultura. Para dar vida à criação, o criador usou um chassi de Kombi e um motor Toyama de 30 hp usado e a diesel, na época comprado por R$ 1 mil.
      The first of the automobiles was built at the end of the 1990s, in an attempt to to replace a “tobata” — a kind of minitractor used in agriculture. To bring the creation to life, the creator used a Kombi chassis and an used Toyama 30 hp diesel engine, bought for R$ 1.000 at the time
    • 2025 January 1, Dagmara Spautz, “VÍDEO: Leonel Pavan chega “causando” à prefeitura de Camboriú [VIDEO: Leonel Pavan arrives “with guns blazing” in Camboriú's city hall]”, in NSC Total‎[3], Balneário Camboriú, archived from the original on 7 May 2025:
      Pavan chegou “causando” a Camboriú. Surgiu na posse pilotando um trator tobata, usado em plantações de arroz, com o vice-prefeito Jozias Osmar da Silva (Podemos) de carona.
      Pavan arrived “with guns blazing” in Camboriú. He apeared at the inauguration driving a two-wheel tractor, used in rice fields, with deputy mayor Jozias Osmar da Silva (Podemos) at the back.
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