fanfarrão

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fanfarrón, from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār).[1] Cognate with French fanfaron, Italian fanfarone.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɐ̃.faˈʁɐ̃w̃/ [fɐ̃.faˈhɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fɐ̃.faˈʁɐ̃w̃/ [fɐ̃.faˈχɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɐ̃.fɐˈʁɐ̃w̃/

  • Hyphenation: fan‧fa‧rrão

Adjective

fanfarrão (feminine fanfarrona, masculine plural fanfarrões, feminine plural fanfarronas)

  1. who is a braggart; who often brags

Noun

fanfarrão m (plural fanfarrões, feminine fanfarrona, feminine plural fanfarronas)

  1. braggart (one who boasts)
    Synonyms: paparrotão, bazofiador, gabarola, gabola

References
  1. “fanfarrão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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