sabidão

Portuguese

Etymology

From sabido +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sa.biˈdɐ̃w̃/ [sa.biˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐ.biˈdɐ̃w̃/ [sɐ.βiˈðɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: sa‧bi‧dão

Adjective

sabidão (feminine sabidona, masculine plural sabidões, feminine plural sabidonas)

  1. augmentative of sabido
  2. (derogatory) know-it-all (who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
    Synonyms: sabe-tudo, sabichão

Noun

sabidão m (plural sabidões, feminine sabidona, feminine plural sabidonas)

  1. (derogatory) know-it-all (one who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)
    Synonyms: sabe-tudo, sabichão

Further reading

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