valentão

Portuguese

Etymology

Valente (“valiant”) +‎ -ão (“augmentative suffix”), from Latin valentem.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /va.lẽ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/

Adjective

valentão m (feminine singular valentona, masculine plural valentões, feminine plural valentonas, comparable)

  1. Augmentative of valente
  2. rowdy (rough and disorderly)

Synonyms
  • (rowdy): brigão

Noun

valentão m (plural valentões, feminine valentona, feminine plural valentonas)

  1. brawler; rowdy person
  2. bully (person who is cruel to others, especially those who are weaker or have less power)

Synonyms
  • (brawler): brigão
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