meninão
Portuguese
Etymology
From menino + -ão (augmentative suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.niˈnɐ̃w̃/ [me.niˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /mi.niˈnɐ̃w̃/ [mi.niˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.niˈnɐ̃w̃/ [me.niˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.niˈnɐ̃w̃/
Noun
meninão m (plural meninões)
- augmentative of menino
Further reading
- “meninão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026