valentão

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From valente (“valiant”) +‎ -ão (“augmentative suffix”), from Latin valentem. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === valentão (feminine valentona, masculine plural valentões, feminine plural valentonas) augmentative of valente rowdy (rough and disorderly) Synonym: brigão === Noun === valentão m (plural valentões, feminine valentona, feminine plural valentonas) brawler; rowdy person Synonym: brigão (Brazil) bully (person who is cruel to others, especially those who are weaker or have less power) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “valentão”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “valentão”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026