rojão

Portuguese

Etymology

From rojar +‎ -ão or rojo +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈʒɐ̃w̃/ [hoˈʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁoˈʒɐ̃w̃/ [χoˈʒɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈʒɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: ro‧jão

Noun

rojão m (plural rojões)

hard or onerous work
(Brazil) a firework or the sound produced by shooting it
soltar um rojão
to shoot a firework
(Brazil, informal, humorous) a loud fart
an agitated lifestyle
(music) a particular way of playing viola by dragging one's fingers
(dialectal) greaves

Further reading

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