rolezinho

Portuguese

Etymology

From rôle, rolé (“hanging out, walk”) +‎ -z- +‎ -inho.

Noun

rolezinho m (plural rolezinhos)

  1. diminutive of rolé (“short walk”)
  2. diminutive of rolê (“short walk”)
  3. (Brazil, neologism, slang) a type of flash mob
    • 2014 January 12, Wagner Iglecias, Rafael Alcadipani, “Os “rolezinhos” e um apartheid à brasileira”, in Fórum‎:
      Os primeiros rolezinhos aconteceram em shoppings da periferia, e a presença de seguranças e policiais também ocorreu.
  • rolezaum

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