What does trouxas in Portuguese mean?

What is the meaning of the word trouxas in Portuguese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use trouxas in Portuguese.

The word trouxas in Portuguese means ouro dos trouxas, ouro de tolo, ouro dos trouxas, trouxas de um itinerante. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word trouxas

ouro dos trouxas

noun (mineral: iron pyrites) (min: pirita)

Hank thought he was rich until he found out his mine was full of fool's gold.

ouro de tolo, ouro dos trouxas

noun (foolish quest, goal)

He worked hard to get her attention, but his reward turned out to be just fool's gold.

trouxas de um itinerante

noun (AU, slang (itinerant's bag)

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