sapatão

Portuguese

Etymology

From sapato (“shoe”) +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.paˈtɐ̃w̃/ [sa.paˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ.pɐˈtɐ̃w̃/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: sa‧pa‧tão

Noun

sapatão m (plural sapatões)

  1. augmentative of sapato
  2. (Brazil, slang, LGBTQ, sometimes derogatory) lesbian woman; butch, dyke
    Synonyms: lésbica, sapata, sapatona, (Portugal) fufa
    Coordinate term: sapatilha
    • 1989, 50:16 from the start, in Ivan Reitman, director, Os Caça-Fantasmas 2 [Ghostbusters II], São Paulo: BKS:
      Egon Spengler (Jorge Barcellos): Não, de fato não era muito popular. Também conhecido como Vigo, o Cruel, Vigo, o Torturador, Vigo, o Desprezado, Vigo, o Infiel.
      Peter Venkman (Ézio Ramos): Ele não foi também Vigo, o Sapatão?
      Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis): Not exaclty a man of the people. Also know as Vigo the Cruel, Vigo the Torturer, Vigo the Despised, and Vigo the Unholy.
      Peter Venkman (Bill Murray): Wasn't he also Vigo the Butch?

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