palhaço
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Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -asu
- Hyphenation: pa‧lha‧ço
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Italian pagliaccio, from paglia (“straw, Portuguese palha”). Compare Spanish payaso.
Noun[edit]
palhaço m (plural palhaços, feminine palhaça, feminine plural palhaças)
- clown
- Synonym: bufão
- A apresentação do circo contará com palhaços.
- The circus presentation will feature clowns.
- any funny or amusing person
- Esse cara é o palhaço da classe, sempre contando piadas!
- That dude is the funny guy in our class, always telling jokes!
- (derogatory) a silly or stupid person; imbecile
Descendants[edit]
- Hunsrik: Paliass
Adjective[edit]
palhaço (feminine palhaça, masculine plural palhaços, feminine plural palhaças)
- (personal) funny, entertaining
- (personal, derogatory) silly, idiot
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
palhaço (feminine palhaça, masculine plural palhaços, feminine plural palhaças)
Categories:
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/asu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/asu/3 syllables
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Italian
- Portuguese terms derived from Italian
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Portuguese derogatory terms
- Portuguese adjectives
- Portuguese nouns suffixed with -aço