fanfa

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Clipping of fanfarrão.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐ̃.fɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐ̃.fa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɐ̃.fɐ/

Hyphenation: fan‧fa

Noun

fanfa m or f (plural fanfas)

(colloquial) braggart (one who boasts)
Synonyms: fanfarrão, gabarola
(colloquial) money
Synonyms: dinheiro, pilim

Related terms

fanfar

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Verb

fanfa

inflection of fanfar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative