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English
Etymology
From Brazil + -ian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɹəˈzɪ.lɪ.ən/, /bɹəˈzɪl.jən/
- Hyphenation: Bra‧zil‧ian
Noun
Brazilian (plural Brazilians)
- A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.
- (informal) Ellipsis of Brazilian wax (“style of pubic hair removal”).
2009, Molly Aldrich, How to Get the Perfect Brazilian Wax , iUniverse, →ISBN, page 1:So why get a Brazilian? There are several levels of reasoning beyond what I mentioned in the foreword, but let's discuss the most obvious. Getting a Brazilian wax will make you feel cleaner down there and improve your sex life.
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Translations
person from Brazil
- Armenian: բրազիլացի (brazilacʻi)
- Breton: Braziliad (br) m, Braziliadez (br) f
- Bulgarian: бразилец m (brazilec)
- Catalan: brasiler (ca) m, brasilera (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 巴西人 (zh) (Bāxī-rén)
- Czech: Brazilec (cs) m
- Danish: brasilianer (da) c
- Dutch: Braziliaan (nl) m, Braziliaanse (nl) f
- Esperanto: brazilano (eo)
- Estonian: brasilaane
- Finnish: brasilialainen (fi)
- French: Brésilien (fr) m, Brésilienne (fr) f
- Galician: brasileiro (gl) m, brasileira f
- Georgian: ბრაზილიელი (brazilieli)
- German: Brasilianer (de) m, Brasilianerin (de) f
- Greek: Βραζιλιάνος (el) m (Vraziliános), Βραζιλιάνα (el) f (Vraziliána)
- Hawaiian: Palakila
- Hebrew: ברזילאי m (brazilai), ברזילאית f (brazilait)
- Hungarian: brazil (hu)
- Icelandic: Brasilíumaður m, Brassi m
- Ido: Braziliano (io)
- Interlingua: brasiliano
- Irish: Brasaíleach m
- Italian: brasiliano (it) m, brasiliana f
- Japanese: ブラジル人 (ja) (Burajirujin), 伯人 (Hakujin)
- Kyrgyz: бразилдик (brazildik)
- Latvian: brazīlietis m, brazīliete f
- Lithuanian: brazilas (lt) m, brazilė (lt) f
- Luxembourgish: Brasilianer m, Brasilianerin f
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: бразилий (braziĺij)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: brasilianer (no) m
- Nynorsk: brasilianar (nn) m
- Persian: برزیلی (fa)
- Pirahã: ’áoói-gíi
- Polish: Brazylijczyk (pl) m pers, Brazylijka (pl) f
- Portuguese: brasileiro (pt) m, brasileira (pt) f
- Romanian: brazilian (ro) m, braziliană (ro) f, braziliancă f
- Russian: брази́лец (ru) m (brazílec), брази́льянка (ru) f (brazílʹjanka)
- Scottish Gaelic: Brasilianach m
- Serbo-Croatian: Brazilac (sh) m, Brazilka f
- Slovak: Brazílčan (sk) m, Brazílčanka (sk) f
- Slovene: Brazílec (sl) m, Brazílka f
- Spanish: brasileño (es) m, brasileña (es) f, brasilero (es) m, brasilera (es) f
- Sranan Tongo: Brasyon
- Swahili: Mbrazili (sw)
- Swedish: brasilian (sv) c, brasilianare (sv) c, brasilianska (sv) c, brasse (sv) c
- Turkish: Brezilyalı (tr)
- Ukrainian: брази́лець m (brazýlecʹ), бразилі́йка f (brazylíjka)
- Wayana: kalaiwa
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Adjective
Brazilian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.
- Pertaining to full removal of pubic hair.
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