encher linguiça

• encher chouriços (European)

Literally, “to fill sausages”.

encher linguiça (first-person singular present encho linguiça, first-person singular preterite enchi linguiça, past participle enchido linguiça)

1. (Brazil, idiomatic, informal) to pad out (to add something extra to something to make it appear more substantial)

   Essa parte do filme é só pra encher linguiça.

   That part of the movie is just to pad out.

2. (Brazil, idiomatic, informal) to take too much time on purpose; to stall, waste time

   Synonyms: enrolar, fazer hora

   Não estou fazendo nada. Só enchendo linguiça.

   I'm doing nothing. Just stalling.