brigão
Portuguese, noun/bɾiˈɡɐ̃w̃/
brigão is spelled B-R-I-G-Ã-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brigão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a person with those characteristics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of briga. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que é dado a briga”.
What does brigão mean in English?
adjective
- 1
feisty, quarrelsome, contentious; of someone often involved in fights, brawls or quarrels
noun
- 1
masculinea person with those characteristics
noun
- 1
masculineaugmentative of briga
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se daquele que é dado a briga
noun: 1. aquele que é dado a briga
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of brigão
- brigona feminine
- brigões masculine plural
- brigonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce brigão?
- Brazil /bɾiˈɡɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [bɾiˈɡɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /bɾiˈɡɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to brigão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is brigão in Portuguese?
brigão appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).