brigão

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Portuguese

Etymology

From briga +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bri‧gão

Adjective

brigão (feminine brigona, masculine plural brigões, feminine plural brigonas)

  1. feisty, quarrelsome, contentious; of someone often involded in fights, brawls or quarrels
    Synonyms: briguento, rusguento, desordeiro, rixoso
    Antonyms: pacífico, tranquilo

Noun

brigão m (plural brigões, feminine brigona, feminine plural brigonas)

  1. a person with those characteristics

Noun

brigão m (plural brigões)

  1. Augmentative of briga