Brazilian

See also: brazilian

English

Etymology

From Brazil +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹəˈzɪ.lɪ.ən/, /bɹəˈzɪl.jən/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: Bra‧zil‧ian

Noun

Brazilian (plural Brazilians)

1. A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.
   • 2017 September 21, Joe Robinson, “10 things Brazil does better than anywhere else”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The world descended on Rio de Janeiro for the XXXI Olympiad in 2016, but Brazilians have been ready anytime to help the world take a load off and experience something missing for a while: fun.

2. (informal) Ellipsis of Brazilian wax (“style of pubic hair removal”).
   • 2009, Molly Aldrich, How to Get the Perfect Brazilian Wax […] , iUniverse, →ISBN, page 1:

     So why get a Brazilian? There are several levels of reasoning beyond what I mentioned in the foreword, but let's discuss the most obvious. Getting a Brazilian wax will make you feel cleaner down there and improve your sex life.

Derived terms

• boyzilian
• manzilian

Translations

person from Brazil

• Armenian: բրազիլացի (brazilacʻi)
• Breton: Braziliad (br) m, Braziliadez (br) f
• Bulgarian: бразилец m (brazilec)
• Catalan: brasiler (ca) m, brasilera (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴西人 (zh) (Bāxī-rén)

• Czech: Brazilec (cs) m
• Danish: brasilianer (da) c
• Dutch: Braziliaan (nl) m, Braziliaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: brazilano (eo)
• Estonian: brasilaane
• Finnish: brasilialainen (fi)
• French: Brésilien (fr) m, Brésilienne (fr) f
• Galician: brasileiro (gl) m, brasileira f
• Georgian: ბრაზილიელი (brazilieli)
• German: Brasilianer (de) m, Brasilianerin (de) f
• Greek: Βραζιλιάνος (el) m (Vraziliános), Βραζιλιάνα (el) f (Vraziliána)
• Hawaiian: Palakila
• Hebrew: ברזילאי m (brazilai), ברזילאית f (brazilait)
• Hungarian: brazil (hu)
• Icelandic: Brasilíumaður m, Brassi m
• Ido: Braziliano (io)
• Interlingua: brasiliano
• Irish: Brasaíleach m
• Italian: brasiliano (it) m, brasiliana f
• Japanese: ブラジル人 (ja) (Burajirujin), 伯人 (Hakujin)
• Kyrgyz: бразилдик (brazildik)
• Latvian: brazīlietis m, brazīliete f
• Lithuanian: brazilas (lt) m, brazilė (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Brasilianer m, Brasilianerin f
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: бразилий (braziĺij)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brasilianer (no) m

  Nynorsk: brasilianar (nn) m

• Persian: برزیلی (fa)
• Pirahã: ’áoói-gíi
• Polish: Brazylijczyk (pl) m pers, Brazylijka (pl) f
• Portuguese: brasileiro (pt) m, brasileira (pt) f
• Romanian: brazilian (ro) m, braziliană (ro) f, braziliancă f
• Russian: брази́лец (ru) m (brazílec), брази́льянка (ru) f (brazílʹjanka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Brasilianach m
• Serbo-Croatian: Brazilac (sh) m, Brazilka f
• Slovak: Brazílčan (sk) m, Brazílčanka (sk) f
• Slovene: Brazílec (sl) m, Brazílka f
• Spanish: brasileño (es) m, brasileña (es) f, brasilero (es) m, brasilera (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: Brasyon
• Swahili: Mbrazili (sw)
• Swedish: brasilian (sv) c, brasilianare (sv) c, brasilianska (sv) c, brasse (sv) c
• Turkish: Brezilyalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: брази́лець m (brazýlecʹ), бразилі́йка f (brazylíjka)
• Wayana: kalaiwa

Adjective

Brazilian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.
   • 2024 August 15, Reuters, “US, Brazil float new Venezuela election despite government, opposition rebuffs”, in Fox News‎^[2]:

     U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support a new election in Venezuela, after Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also floated the idea, despite rebuffs from Venezuela's ruling party and its opposition which both claim victory in the July 28 contest.

2. Pertaining to full removal of pubic hair.

Derived terms

• Afro-Brazilian
• Brazilian aardvark
• Brazilian berry
• Brazilian blowout
• Brazilian booty
• Brazilian butt
• Brazilian butt lift
• Brazilian cherry
• Brazilian duck
• Brazilian emerald
• Brazilian firetree
• Brazilian ginseng
• Brazilian grape tree
• Brazilianization
• Brazilian jiu-jitsu
• Brazilian lemonade
• Brazilian orchid tree
• Brazilian peel
• Brazilian pepper tree
• Brazilian phonk
• Brazilian pine
• Brazilian porcupine
• Brazilian Portuguese
• Brazilian Shorthair
• Brazilian Sign Language
• Brazilian tea
• Brazilian teal
• Brazilian terrier
• Brazilian tinamou
• Brazilian wandering spider
• Brazilian wax
• Brazilian waxing
• Brazilian whiteknee tarantula

Translations

pertaining to Brazil

• Arabic: بَرَازِيلِيّ (barāzīliyy)
• Armenian: բրազիլական (brazilakan)
• Belarusian: бразі́льскі m (brazílʹski)
• Bulgarian: бразилски (brazilski)
• Catalan: brasiler (ca) m, brasilera (ca) f
• Czech: brazilský (cs) m
• Danish: brasiliansk
• Dutch: Braziliaans (nl)
• Estonian: brasiilia
• Finnish: brasilialainen (fi)
• French: brésilien (fr), auriverde (fr)
• German: brasilianisch (de)
• Greek: βραζιλιάνικος (el) (vraziliánikos)
• Hawaiian: Palakila
• Hungarian: brazil (hu)
• Ido: Braziliana (io)
• Interlingua: brasilian
• Irish: Brasaíleach
• Italian: brasiliano (it)
• Kyrgyz: бразилдик (brazildik)
• Latin: brasilianus, brasiliana f, brasilianum n
• Latvian: brazīliešu, brazīlisks
• Lithuanian: brazilų, brazilietiškas
• Luxembourgish: brasilianesch
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: бразилий (braziĺij)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brasiliansk (no)

  Nynorsk: brasiliansk (nn)

• Occitan: brasilièr
• Polish: brazylijski (pl) m
• Portuguese: brasileiro (pt)
• Romanian: brazilian (ro)
• Russian: брази́льский (ru) (brazílʹskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: brazilski (sh)
• Slovak: brazílsky (sk)
• Slovene: brazílski (sl)
• Spanish: brasileño (es), brasilero (es)
• Sranan Tongo: Brasyon
• Swahili: Kibrazili
• Swedish: brasiliansk (sv)
• Turkish: Brezilyalı, Brezilya
• Ukrainian: брази́льський (uk) (brazýlʹsʹkyj)

Further reading

• Portuguese Brazilian - English Dictionary: from Webster's Dictionary - the Rosetta Edition.