valentão

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /va.lẽˈtɐ̃w̃/ [va.lẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 

Adjective

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

  1. augmentative of valente
  2. rowdy (rough and disorderly)
    Synonym: brigão

Noun

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

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