palhaço
Portuguese
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Etymology 1
editBorrowed from Italian pagliaccio, from paglia (“straw, Portuguese palha”). Compare Spanish payaso.
Noun
editpalhaço m (plural palhaços, feminine palhaça, feminine plural palhaças)
- clown
- Synonym: bufão
- A apresentação do circo contará com palhaços.
- The circus presentation will feature clowns.
- any funny or amusing person
- Esse cara é o palhaço da classe, sempre contando piadas!
- That dude is the funny guy in our class, always telling jokes!
- (derogatory) a silly or stupid person; imbecile
Derived terms
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editAdjective
editpalhaço (feminine palhaça, masculine plural palhaços, feminine plural palhaças)
- (personal) funny, entertaining
- (personal, derogatory) silly, idiot
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editpalhaço (feminine palhaça, masculine plural palhaços, feminine plural palhaças)
Further reading
edit- “palhaço”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “palhaço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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