Brazilian

See also: brazilian

English

Etymology

From Brazil +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹə.ˈzɪ.lɪ.ən/, /bɹə.ˈzɪl.jən/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: Bra‧zil‧ian

Noun

Brazilian (plural Brazilians)

1. A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.
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.
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 orchid tree
• Brazilian peel
• Brazilian pepper tree
• Brazilian phonk
• Brazilian pine
• 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)
• Ukrainian: брази́льський (uk) (brazýlʹsʹkyj)

Further reading

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