cabrão
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cabron (cabra + -on (augmentative suffix)). Compare Spanish cabrón, Catalan cabró, Italian caprone, Venetian cavron. By surface analysis, cabra + -ão
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: ca‧brão
Noun edit
cabrão m (plural cabrões)
- billy goat; masculine equivalent of cabra (“goat”)
- (colloquial) Augmentative of cabra
- (derogatory) cuckold (deceived husband or partner)
- (Portugal, offensive) bastard (An extremely contemptible person)
Descendants edit
- Macanese: cabrám