valentão
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From valente (“valiant”) + -ão (“augmentative suffix”), from Latin valentem.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
valentão (feminine valentona, masculine plural valentões, feminine plural valentonas)
- Augmentative of valente
- rowdy (rough and disorderly)
- Synonym: brigão
Noun edit
valentão m (plural valentões, feminine valentona, feminine plural valentonas)
- brawler; rowdy person
- Synonym: brigão
- (Brazil) bully (person who is cruel to others, especially those who are weaker or have less power)