paudurecer

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pau (dick) +‎ duro (hard) +‎ -ecer, by analogy with endurecer (to harden). First attested in the 2000s.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /paw.du.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [paʊ̯.du.ɾeˈse(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /paw.du.ɾeˈse(ɾ)/ [paʊ̯.du.ɾeˈse(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /paw.du.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [paʊ̯.du.ɾeˈse(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /paw.du.ɾeˈse(ɻ)/ [paʊ̯.du.ɾeˈse(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /paw.du.ɾɨˈseɾ/ [paw.ðu.ɾɨˈseɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /paw.du.ɾɨˈse.ɾi/ [paw.ðu.ɾɨˈse.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: pau‧du‧re‧cer

Verb

paudurecer (first-person singular present paudureço, first-person singular preterite paudureci, past participle paudurecido)

  1. (Brazil, vulgar, Internet slang) to get hard, to have an erection
    Antonym: paumolecer
    • 2009 December 9, Watchmen, “[BlogMOB] Mulher de amigo é homem?”, in hardMOB, Brazil, section 118:
      Mas eu nem paudureci []
      But I didn't even get hard.
    • 2023 July 26, @_FlaDaDepressao, X (formerly Twitter)[1] (post), X Corp., archived from the original on 1 September 2025:
      MEU DEUS GABIGOL E BRUNO HENRIQUE FAZENDO A FUSÃO EU VOU PAUDURECER
      Oh my God, Gabigol and Bruno Henrique doing the Fusion [Dance], I'm gonna get a boner!
    • 2025 March 14, u/casalsincero, “Minha mulher quis que eu provasse outra mulher”, in r/ContosEroticos[2] (Reddit post), Reddit, Inc., archived from the original on 17 March 2025:
      Nisso eu fiquei paudurecido já, e desacreditado!! O negócio estava realmente feito.
      With that I just got hard, and astonished! The thing was really done.

Further reading

  • paudurecer”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025