Brazilian

See also: brazilian

English

Etymology

From Brazil +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹəˈzɪlɪən/, /bɹəˈzɪljən/

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• Hyphenation: Bra‧zil‧ian

Noun

Brazilian (plural Brazilians)

1. A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.
2. A Brazilian wax (style of pubic hair removal).

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)
• Esperanto: brazilano (eo)
• Estonian: brasilaane
• Finnish: brasilialainen (fi)
• French: Brésilien (fr) m, Brésilienne (fr) f
• Galician: brasileiro m, brasileira f
• German: Brasilianer (de) m, Brasilianerin (de) f
• Greek: Βραζιλιάνος (el) m (Vraziliános), Βραζιλιάνα f (Vraziliána)
• Hawaiian: Palakila
• Hebrew: ברזילאי m (brazilai), ברזילאית f (brazilait)
• Hungarian: brazil (hu)
• Ido: Braziliano (io)
• Interlingua: brasiliano
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• Irish: Brasaíleach m
• Italian: brasiliano (it) m, brasiliana f, brasiliani m pl, brasiliane f pl
• Japanese: ブラジル人 (ja) (Burajirujin), 伯人 (Hakujin)
• Latvian: brazīlietis m, brazīliete f
• Lithuanian: brazilas (lt) m, brazilė (lt) f
• Luxembourgish: Brasilianer m, Brasilianerin f
• 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)
• 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)
• Swahili: Mbrazili (sw)
• Swedish: brasilian (sv) c, brasilianare (sv) c, brasilianska (sv) c, brasse (sv) c
• Turkish: Brezilyalı (tr)

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

Terms derived from Brazilian (adjective)

• Brazilian berry
• Brazilian blowout
• Brazilian grape tree

• Brazilian peel
• Brazilian waxing

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 (et)
• 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)
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• Latin: brasilianus
• Latvian: brazīliešu, brazīlisks
• Lithuanian: brazilų, brazilietiškas
• Luxembourgish: brasilianesch
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: brasiliansk (no)

  Nynorsk: brasiliansk (nn)

• Occitan: brasilièr
• Polish: brazylijski (pl)
• 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) m
• Swahili: Kibrazili
• Swedish: brasiliansk (sv)

Further reading

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