Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lenga-lenga

Noun

lengalenga f (plural lengalengas)

1. rigmarole
2. monotonous, tiresome, droning speech.
   • 1922, Aquilino Ribeiro, Cinco réis de gente, 3rd edition, Lisbon: Bertrand, page 16:

     Acabada a lengalenga, pretendi que bisasse.

   • 2003, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix), Rocco, page 294:

     [...] o único professor presente quando entraram [na sala de aula] era Binns, [...] preparando-se para continuar sua monótona lengalenga sobre a guerra dos gigantes.

     [...] the only present teacher when they entered [the classroom] was Binns, [...] preparing to continue his monotonous explanation about the giants' war.