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vilão

See also: vilao and vilaõ

Old Galician-Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from vīlla.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

vilão m (plural vilãos)

  1. villein, peasant
    • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 128 (facsimile):
      Eſta e do corpo de n[oſtr]o ſennor / que un vilão metera en hũa / ſa colmẽa por aver muito mel / i muita cera […]
      This one is (about) the body of our Lord, which a peasant placed in one of his beehives because there was a lot of honey and a lot of wax […]

Descendants edit

  • Galician: vilán
  • Portuguese: vilão

Portuguese edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese vilão, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from vīlla. Cognate with Galician vilán and Spanish villano.

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

vilão m (plural vilãos or vilães or vilões, feminine vilã or viloa, feminine plural vilãs or viloas)

  1. villain (a vile, wicked person)
  2. villain (bad person in a work of fiction)
    Synonym: malfeitor
    Antonym: herói
  3. something which causes a problem
  4. (historical) villein (a feudal tenant)
  5. (obsolete) a non-noble who lives in a city or village

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

vilão (feminine vilã or viloa, masculine plural vilãos or vilões or vilães, feminine plural vilãs or viloas)

  1. villainous (of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain)
    Synonyms: vilanaço, vilanaz, vilanesco
  2. (uncommon) coarse (lacking refinement)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grosseiro
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:grosseiro
  3. vile; wicked
    Synonyms: maldoso, maligno, malvado, mau, perverso, vil
    Antonyms: benigno, bom, bondoso
  4. (obsolete) village or city-dwelling
    Synonym: urbano
    Antonyms: campestre, rural

Related terms edit

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