mulherão

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Portuguese

Etymology

From mulher +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /mu.ʎɛˈɾɐ̃w̃/ , /mu.ʎeˈɾɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: mu‧lhe‧rão

Noun

mulherão m (plural mulherões)

  1. Augmentative of mulher
    • 2024 March 17, Piter Kehoma Boll, 5:14 from the start, in A linguagem "neutra" faz sentido? (Morfologia e Sintaxe)‎, Piter Keo, via Youtube:
      Um outro exemplo [] é a palavra mulherão, muito usada pra se referir a uma mulher com atributos extraordinários, seja em beleza, inteligência ou o que for.
      Another example is the word mulherão, widely used to refer to a woman with extraordinary attributes, whether in beauty, intelligence or whatever.
  2. (colloquial) stunner, knockout (voluptuous woman)

Usage notes

  • Despite meaning "woman", the word belongs to the masculine gender because of the -ão suffix.

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