fanfarronice
Portuguese, noun/fɐ̃.fa.ʁoˈni.si/
fanfarronice is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the behaviour of telling lies and acting falsely about one's own qualities and capacities” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “atos de fanfarrão; bazófia”.
What does fanfarronice mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe behaviour of telling lies and acting falsely about one's own qualities and capacities
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. atos de fanfarrão; bazófia
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 fanfarronice
- fanfarronices plural
- fanfarrice alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fanfarronice?
- Brazil /fɐ̃.fa.ʁoˈni.si/
- Brazil [fɐ̃.fa.hoˈni.si]
- /fɐ̃.fa.ʁoˈni.si/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fanfarronice in Portuguese?
fanfarronice appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).