palhaço
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian pagliaccio, from paglia (“straw, Portuguese palha”). Compare Spanish payaso.
Noun
palhaço m (plural palhaços, feminine palhaça, feminine plural palhaças)
Synonyms
- (clown): bufão
Descendants
- Hunsrik: Paliass
Adjective
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- (personal) funny, entertaining
- (personal, derogatory) silly, idiot
Etymology 2
Adjective
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Categories:
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/asu
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Italian
- Portuguese terms derived from Italian
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese derogatory terms
- Portuguese adjectives suffixed with -aço
- Portuguese terms with multiple etymologies