marmanjo

Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɐ̃.ʒu/ [maɦˈmɐ̃.ʒu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾˈmɐ̃.ʒu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɐ̃.ʒu/
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /maɻˈmɐ̃.ʒu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɐ̃.ʒo/ [maɦˈmɐ̃.ʒo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈmɐ̃.ʒu/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒu
Hyphenation: mar‧man‧jo

Noun

marmanjo m (plural marmanjos)

(informal) burly boy; made man; big boy
(informal) scoundrel; treater; rogue

Derived terms

(augmentative) marmanjão m
marmanjaria f
marmanjola m

References

^ “marmanjo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Further reading

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