falsiane

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain, derived from falsa.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faw.siˈɐ̃.ni/ [faʊ̯.sɪˈɐ̃.ni], (faster pronunciation) /fawˈsjɐ̃.ni/ [faʊ̯ˈsjɐ̃.ni]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /faw.siˈɐ̃.ni/ [faʊ̯.sɪˈɐ̃.ni], (faster pronunciation) /fawˈsjɐ̃.ni/ [faʊ̯ˈsjɐ̃.ni]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /faw.siˈɐ.ne/ [faʊ̯.sɪˈɐ.ne], (faster pronunciation) /fawˈsjɐ.ne/ [faʊ̯ˈsjɐ.ne]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /falˈsjɐ.nɨ/ [faɫˈsjɐ.nɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /falˈsjɐ.nɨ/ [faɫˈsjɐ.nɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /falˈsja.nɨ/ [faɫˈsja.nɨ]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ni
• Hyphenation: fal‧si‧a‧ne

Noun

falsiane f (plural falsianes)

1. (Brazil, informal, derogatory) fake friend (person who acts as a friend but turns out to not be)
   • 2018 September 22, Guilherme Machado, “Messalina ou periguete? Entenda falas dos congelados de "O Tempo Não Para"”, in UOL‎^[1]:

     Finória é aquela pessoa que aparenta ser muito boazinha, mas no fundo usa de sua perspicácia para se dar bem de forma maliciosa. Uma “sonsa” e “falsiane” em outros termos.

     Finória is that type of person who seems very kind, but deep inside she her perspicacity to get along maliciously. An "impostor" or "fake friend" in other terms.

Adjective

falsiane m or f (plural falsianes)

1. (Brazil, informal, derogatory) of or relating to a fake friend

Further reading

• “falsiane”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “falsiane”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024