Meaning
To brown-nose / to suck up
Example
Ele fica babando ovo pro chefe pra ganhar um aumento.
He's always brown-nosing the boss to get a raise.
Origin
Brazilian Portuguese slang for excessive flattery — literally 'to drool on the egg,' a vivid image of fawning attention. The expression is firmly established 20th-century colloquial speech and is synonymous with puxar saco; no firmly documented historical first attestation.
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