negão

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From nego +‎ -ão. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃ Hyphenation: ne‧gão === Noun === negão m (plural negões, feminine negona, feminine plural negonas) augmentative of nego (Brazil, sometimes euphemistic) a black man (especially a dark-skinned one) Aquele negão ali perguntou por você ― That black guy there asked for you. (Brazil, endearing) a black man (regardless of skin tone) E aí, negão! Quer ir tomar uma? ― [to a black friend] What's up, my man! Wanna have some drinks? (Brazil, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur, vulgar) black; negro === Further reading === “negão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026