gambá

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine, masculine) opossum (any species in the family Didelphidae)
2. (Brazil, feminine, masculine) skunk (any species in the family Mephitidae)
3. (Brazil, feminine, figuratively, masculine) drunkard
4. (Brazil, derogatory, feminine, figuratively, masculine) a player or supporter of Corinthians football team
5. (South-Brazil, feminine, figuratively, masculine) a stinky person, stinker

Adj

drunk as a skunk

Concepts

opossum

possum

skunk

🦨

polecat

Didelphis

genus Didelphis

wood pussy

Synonyms

cuíca

sarigueia

saragüéia

cangambá

🦨

seringüê

didelfo

timbu

micurê

mucura

Didelphidae

Didelphimorphia

Mephitidae

timbú

cassaco

sariguê

sarigue

sarigüê

sarigué

Translations

opossum

Beutelratte

opossum

Opossum

zarigüeya

opossum

sarigue

mouffette

🦨

moffetta

🦨

buidelrat

stinkdier

🦨

Stinktier

🦨

opòssum

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɐ̃ˈba/

Etymology

Unknown. Many dictionaries cite a supposedly Old Tupi word gãbá, meaning “hollow belly”, but give no source.