vacilão

Portuguese

Etymology

From vacilar +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.siˈlɐ̃w̃/ [va.siˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.siˈlɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.siˈlɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.siˈlɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: va‧ci‧lão

Noun

vacilão m (plural vacilões, feminine vacilona, feminine plural vacilonas)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) a simpleton (a person who lacks common sense)
2. (Brazil, colloquial) a screwup (a person who often makes substantial mistakes)
3. (Brazil, colloquial) a snitch (a person who informs and betrays his group)
4. (Brazil, colloquial) an imprudent person

Derived terms

• vacilão morre cedo

 

Adjective

vacilão (feminine vacilona, masculine plural vacilões, feminine plural vacilonas)

1. (Brazil, colloquial, of a person) foolish, lacking in common sense
2. (Brazil, colloquial, of a person) unreliable
3. (Brazil, colloquial, of a person) imprudent

Further reading

• “vacilão”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “vacilão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “vacilão”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “vacilão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Anagrams

• avícola