cabrão

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese cabron (cabra +‎ -on (augmentative suffix)). Compare Spanish cabrón, Catalan cabró, Italian caprone, Venetian cavron. By surface analysis, cabra +‎ -ão

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: ca‧brão

Noun[edit]

cabrão m (plural cabrões)

  1. billy goat; masculine equivalent of cabra (goat)
  2. (colloquial) Augmentative of cabra
  3. (derogatory) cuckold (deceived husband or partner)
  4. (Portugal, offensive) bastard (An extremely contemptible person)

Descendants[edit]

  • Macanese: cabrám