“Jiripoca will chirp” is a popular expression typically Brazilian, normally used in the sense of "harsh behavior", "something unexpected", "intense" or "strong".
Popularly, this expression is still related to the intense sexual act. For example: "Jorge's girlfriend is in town. I've already seen that the jiripoca will chirp tonight!”.
The jiripoca or jurupoca is a very characteristic freshwater fish in rivers in the North and Center-West regions of Brazil.
Etymologically, this term originated from Tupi, with the addition of the words yuru, which means "mouth" and poka, which means “burst”.
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This popular saying came from a typical behavior of this fish, which normally swims on the surface of rivers and emits a sound very similar to the call of a bird. Thus, the expression “a jiripoca will peep” was created.
The expression gained a lot of notoriety with the song “The jiripoca will chirp”, composed by country music singer Daniel.