amarelão

Portuguese

Etymology

From amarelo +‎ -ão (augmentative suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ma.ɾɛˈlɐ̃w̃/ [a.ma.ɾɛˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Adjective

amarelão (feminine amarelona, masculine plural amarelões, feminine plural amarelonas)

  1. Augmentative of amarelo
  2. (slang) yellow; cowardly (lacking courage)
    Synonyms: covarde, (vulgar) cagão

Noun

amarelão m (plural amarelões, feminine amarelona, feminine plural amarelonas)

  1. (uncountable) ancylostomiasis (hookworm infection)
    Synonyms: ancilostomíase, ancilostomose, necatoríase, opilação
  2. (slang) chicken; coward
    Synonyms: covarde, (vulgar) cagão
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