vilão

See also: vilao and vilaõ

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from vīlla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βiˈlã.u/

Noun

vilão m (plural vilãos)

  1. villein, peasant

Descendants

  • Galician: vilán
  • Portuguese: vilão, vilaõ, villaõ, villão (obsolete)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vilão, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from vīlla +‎ -ānus. Cognate with Galician vilán and Spanish villano.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈlɐ̃w̃/ [viˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: vi‧lão

Noun

vilão m (plural vilões or (rare) vilães or (rare) vilãos, feminine vilã or (rare) viloa, feminine plural vilãs or (rare) viloas)

  2. villain (a vile, wicked person)
    1. villain (bad person in a work of fiction)
      Synonym: malfeitor
      Antonym: herói
  3. something which causes a problem
  4. (historical) villein (a feudal tenant)
  5. (obsolete) a non-noble who lives in a city or village

Derived terms

  • cavaleiro-vilão

Adjective

vilão (feminine vilã or (rare) viloa, masculine plural vilões or (rare) vilães or (rare) vilãos, feminine plural vilãs or (rare) viloas)

  1. villainous (of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain)
    Synonyms: vilanaço, vilanaz, vilanesco
  2. (uncommon) coarse (lacking refinement)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grosseiro
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:grosseiro
  3. vile; wicked
    Synonyms: maldoso, maligno, malvado, mau, perverso, vil
    Antonyms: benigno, bom, bondoso
  4. (obsolete) village or city-dwelling
    Synonym: urbano
    Antonyms: campestre, rural

Descendants

References

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