bate-papo

From bater (“to beat, to hit”) +‎ papo (“craw, crop; the pouch-like part of the alimentary part of birds”).

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese into European Portuguese.

• Rhymes: -apu
• Hyphenation: ba‧te‧-pa‧po

bate-papo m (plural bate-papos)

1. (Brazil, informal) conversation (talking, exchanging of ideas)
2. (Brazil, by extension) chat (exchange of text or voice messages in real time)
3. (Internet) chat room

   Synonym: chat