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☾ : favourite word from your language

pirilampo (in english, firefly)

actually this word has a v interesting story bc it was invented by a Portuguese noble lady in the 17th century who was SCANDALIZED by the word commonly used for fireflies (caga-lume, or literally “light-shitter”) and wanted a new term that wasnt so vulgar. even so pirilampo isn’t as widely used in brazil as vaga-lume (”something like “wandering light”) and portuguese/brazilian people kept saying light-shitter anyway so ¯_(ツ)_/¯ 

✓ : funniest word in your language

i think most swear words in portuguese are funny tbh but boceta (which literally means “small bag/purse” but is normally used to refer to vaginas) is super funny to me idk why. i also think it has a nice sound, but it isn’t very polite lmao