isentão

Portuguese

Etymology

From isento (“exempt”) +‎ -ão (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /i.zẽˈtɐ̃w̃/ [i.zẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Hyphenation: i‧sen‧tão

Noun

isentão m (plural isentões, feminine isentona, feminine plural isentonas)

  1. (Brazil, neologism, politics, derogatory) A political fence sitter; one who criticizes both the left and the right and does not take sides.

Adjective

isentão (feminine isentona, masculine plural isentões, feminine plural isentonas)

  1. augmentative of isento.
  2. (Brazil, neologism, politics, derogatory) fence-sitting (in a political situation)
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