encher linguiça
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Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “to fill sausages”.
Verb[edit]
encher linguiça (first-person singular present encho linguiça, first-person singular preterite enchi linguiça, past participle enchido linguiça)
- (Brazil, idiomatic, informal) to pad out (to add something extra to something to make it appear more substantial)
- Essa parte do filme é só pra encher linguiça.
- That part of the movie is just to pad out.
- (Brazil, idiomatic, informal) to take too much time on purpose; to stall, waste time
- Synonyms: enrolar, fazer hora
- Não estou fazendo nada. Só enchendo linguiça.
- I'm doing nothing. Just stalling.