vilão

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See also: vilao and vilaõ

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Late Latin vīllānus (farm worker), from vīlla.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vilão m (plural vilãos)

  1. villein, peasant

Descendants

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Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese vilão, from Late Latin vīllānus (farm worker), from vīlla. Cognate with Galician vilán and Spanish villano.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vilão m (plural vilãos or vilães or vilões, feminine vilã or viloa, feminine plural vilãs or viloas)

  1. villain (a vile, wicked person)
  2. villain (bad person in a work of fiction)
    Synonym: malfeitor
    Antonym: herói
  3. something which causes a problem
  4. (historical) villein (a feudal tenant)
  5. (obsolete) a non-noble who lives in a city or village

Derived terms

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Adjective

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vilão (feminine vilã or viloa, masculine plural vilãos or vilões or vilães, feminine plural vilãs or viloas)

  1. villainous (of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain)
    Synonyms: vilanaço, vilanaz, vilanesco
  2. (uncommon) coarse (lacking refinement)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grosseiro
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:grosseiro
  3. vile; wicked
    Synonyms: maldoso, maligno, malvado, mau, perverso, vil
    Antonyms: benigno, bom, bondoso
  4. (obsolete) village or city-dwelling
    Synonym: urbano
    Antonyms: campestre, rural
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Descendants

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