marmanjo

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɐ̃.ʒu/ [maɦˈmɐ̃.ʒu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɐ̃.ʒu/ [maɦˈmɐ̃.ʒu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾˈmɐ̃.ʒu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɐ̃.ʒu/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /maɻˈmɐ̃.ʒu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɐ̃.ʒo/ [maɦˈmɐ̃.ʒo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈmɐ̃.ʒu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒu
• Hyphenation: mar‧man‧jo

Noun

marmanjo m (plural marmanjos)

1. (informal) burly boy; made man; big boy
2. (informal) scoundrel; treater; rogue

Derived terms

• (augmentative) marmanjão m
• marmanjaria f
• marmanjola m

Further reading

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