Dictionary
buraco
Meaning
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- pit; hole (hollow spot in a surface)
- burrow (a tunnel or hole dug by a creature)
- a very filthy, crude or precarious house
- pocket (cavity with a sack at each corner and one centered on each side of a pool or snooker table)
- hole (an opening in a solid)
- gap (a vacant time)
- an emotional gap caused by someone’s death or absence
- (slang) a difficult situation financially
- canasta, especially its Brazilian variant
Hyphenated as
bu‧ra‧co
Pronounced as (IPA)
/buˈɾa.ku/
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