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Portuguese
Etymology
From vacilar + -ão.
Pronunciation
Noun
vacilão m (plural vacilões, feminine vacilona, feminine plural vacilonas)
- (Brazil, colloquial) a simpleton (a person who lacks common sense)
- (Brazil, colloquial) a screwup (a person who often makes substantial mistakes)
- (Brazil, colloquial) a snitch (a person who informs and betrays his group)
- (Brazil, colloquial) an imprudent person
Derived terms
Adjective
vacilão (feminine vacilona, masculine plural vacilões, feminine plural vacilonas)
- (Brazil, colloquial, of a person) foolish, lacking in common sense
- (Brazil, colloquial, of a person) unreliable
- (Brazil, colloquial, of a person) imprudent
Further reading
- “vacilão”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “vacilão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “vacilão”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “vacilão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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