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fanfarronada

Portuguese, noun/fɐ̃.fa.ʁoˈna.dɐ/

fanfarronada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “boast, swagger” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of fanfarronado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “parlapatice, bazófia, bravata”.

What does fanfarronada mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineboast, swagger

verb

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of fanfarronado

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. parlapatice, bazófia, bravata

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 fanfarronada

  • fanfarronadas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fanfarronada?

  • Brazil /fɐ̃.fa.ʁoˈna.dɐ/
  • Brazil [fɐ̃.fa.hoˈna.dɐ]
  • /fɐ̃.fa.ʁoˈna.dɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.