estronço

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈtɾõ.su/, /esˈtɾõ.su/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈtɾõ.su/, /eʃˈtɾõ.su/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈtɾõ.so/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtɾõ.su/

Hyphenation: es‧tron‧ço

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian stronzo.^[1]

Noun

estronço m (plural estronços)

(Portugal, informal, derogatory) idiot (person of low general intelligence)
Synonyms: idiota, estúpido

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

estronço

first-person singular present indicative of estronçar

References

^ “estronço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026