grandão

Portuguese

Etymology

From grande +‎ -ão (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐ̃ˈdɐ̃w̃/ [ɡɾɐ̃ˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐ̃ˈdɐ̃w̃/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: gran‧dão

Adjective

grandão (feminine grandona, masculine plural grandões, feminine plural grandonas)

1. augmentative of grande
2. hunk, burly

Further reading

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