vacilão
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: va‧ci‧lão
Noun[edit]
vacilão m (plural vacilões, feminine vacilona, feminine plural vacilonas)
- (Brazil, colloquial) a simpleton (a person who lacks common sense)
- (Brazil, colloquial) a screwup (a person who often makes substantial mistakes)
- (Brazil, colloquial) a snitch (a person who informs and betrays his group)
- (Brazil, colloquial) an imprudent person
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vacilão (feminine vacilona, masculine plural vacilões, feminine plural vacilonas)
- (Brazil, colloquial, of a person) foolish, lacking in common sense
- (Brazil, colloquial, of a person) unreliable
- (Brazil, colloquial, of a person) imprudent
Further reading[edit]
- “vacilão” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “vacilão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “vacilão” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “vacilão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.