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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

boy.

office boy

3 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbɔj/Brazil[ˈbɔɪ̯]Brazil/ˈbɔj/Portugal

  1. office boy

    masculine

  2. boyfriend (male partner)

    Brazil · masculine · slang
    Estou com meu boy.

  3. a young, upper-class man

    Brazil · derogatory · masculine · slang · sometimes

  4. young man

    Brazil · masculine · slang
    Me declarei pro boy.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English boy. The sense "office boy" is a pseudo-anglicism, derived from and ellipsis of office boy.

noun/ˈboj/Brazil[ˈboɪ̯]Brazil/ˈboj/Portugal

  1. obsolete spelling of boi

    alt-of · masculine · obsolete
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