brincalhão

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese brincar

Latin -aculum

Portuguese -alho

Portuguese -ão

Portuguese brincalhão

From brincar + -alho + -ão (adjective).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾĩ.kaˈʎɐ̃w̃/ [bɾĩ.kaˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾĩ.kɐˈʎɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: brin‧ca‧lhão

Noun

brincalhão m (plural brincalhões, feminine brincalhona, feminine plural brincalhonas)

1. player (playful person, idler)
2. joker

   Synonyms: folgazão, piadista

Adjective

brincalhão (feminine brincalhona, masculine plural brincalhões, feminine plural brincalhonas)

1. playful
2. fun

Further reading

• “brincalhão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “brincalhão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026