palhaço

== Galician == === Noun === palhaço m (plural palhaços, reintegrationist norm) reintegrationist spelling of pallaso, pallazo === Further reading === “palhaço”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -asu Hyphenation: pa‧lha‧ço === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian pagliaccio, from paglia (“straw, Portuguese palha”). Compare Spanish payaso. ==== Noun ==== palhaço m (plural palhaços, feminine palhaça, feminine plural palhaças) clown Synonym: bufão any funny or amusing person (derogatory) a silly or stupid person; imbecile Synonyms: imbecil, idiota, cretino ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Hunsrik: Paliass → Tetum: pallasu ==== Adjective ==== palhaço (feminine palhaça, masculine plural palhaços, feminine plural palhaças) (personal) funny, entertaining (personal, derogatory) silly, idiot === Etymology 2 === From palha (“straw”) +‎ -aço. ==== Adjective ==== palhaço (feminine palhaça, masculine plural palhaços, feminine plural palhaças) strawen; made of straw === Further reading === “palhaço”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “palhaço”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “palhaço”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026