vacilão

Portuguese

Etymology

From vacilar +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /va.siˈlɐ̃w̃/ [va.siˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 

  • Hyphenation: va‧ci‧lão

Noun

vacilão m (plural vacilões, feminine vacilona, feminine plural vacilonas) (Brazil, colloquial, derogatory)

  1. a simpleton (a person who lacks common sense)
  2. a screwup (a person who often makes substantial mistakes)
  3. a snitch (a person who informs and betrays his group)
    Synonym: xis-nove
  4. an imprudent person

Derived terms

  • vacilão morre cedo

Adjective

vacilão (feminine vacilona, masculine plural vacilões, feminine plural vacilonas)

  1. (Brazil, colloquial, of a person) foolish, lacking in common sense
  2. (Brazil, colloquial, of a person) unreliable
  3. (Brazil, colloquial, of a person) imprudent

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