fanfarrão

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fanfarrón, from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār).[1] Cognate with French fanfaron, Italian fanfarone.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: fan‧fa‧rrão

Adjective

fanfarrão (feminine fanfarrona, masculine plural fanfarrões, feminine plural fanfarronas)

  1. who is a braggart; who often brags

Noun

fanfarrão m (plural fanfarrões, feminine fanfarrona, feminine plural fanfarronas)

  1. braggart (one who boasts)
    Synonyms: paparrotão, bazofiador, gabarola, gabola

References

  1. ^ fanfarrão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024