Porra, noun
/ˈpɔra/
- Forms:
- Also with small initial.
- Origin:
- See Toffoli quotation, 1989.
derogatory, slang
An offensive name for one of Portuguese descent.
1975 Informant, South West Africa (now Namibia)The Porra that we get our beer from has been shot.
1989 H.P. Toffoli in Style July 41To the average South African in Blairgowrie a porra..is a porra. Half the time the South African’s not aware that the person he’s referring to is actually Greek...Porra is a swearword in Portuguese, what a labourer building a house says when he drops a brick on his foot. One theory claims the term was first used by upper class Portuguese to denote the lower orders, who were always shouting ‘Porra!’ Another theory claims the word comes from the lazy Afrikaans pronunciation ‘Porregees’.
An offensive name for one of Portuguese descent.
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