Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, the Southeast
/me.ʃe.ˈɾi.kɐ/meh-shee-REE-kahnoun
tangerine
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The Southeastern name for the tangerine; elsewhere you will hear 'tangerina', 'bergamota' (South) or 'mimosa'. Completely neutral, everyday vocabulary at the market.
Regional patterns, not hard borders. A word may be used outside the highlighted area, and multiple words can coexist in the same region. Falando highlights the strongest and most useful patterns from its sources.
Em São Paulo, muita gente diz mexerica.
In São Paulo, many people say mexerica.
A mexerica deixou a sala toda perfumada.
The tangerine left the whole room fragrant.
Descasquei a mexerica com cuidado para não sujar os dedos.
I peeled the tangerine carefully so as not to get my fingers dirty.
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