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Portuguese
Etymology
From branca (“white woman”) + -rana (“similar”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ, (Southern Brazil) -ɐna
- Hyphenation: bran‧ca‧ra‧na
Noun
brancarana f (plural brancaranas, masculine brancarão or brancarrão, masculine plural brancarões or brancarrões)
- (Brazil, derogatory) light-skinned mulatta, a mixed-race woman who passes as white
Adjective
brancarana
- feminine singular of brancarão
Further reading
- “brancarana”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “brancarana”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “brancarana”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “brancarana”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024