valentão
Portuguese, noun/va.lẽˈtɐ̃w̃/
valentão is spelled V-A-L-E-N-T-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,025th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Valentão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “brawler; rowdy person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also an augmentative of valente. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fanfarrão”.
What does valentão mean in English?
adjective
- 1
augmentative of valente
- 2
rowdy (rough and disorderly)
noun
- 1
masculinebrawler; rowdy person
- 2
Brazilmasculinebully (person who is cruel to others, especially those who are weaker or have less power)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. fanfarrão
noun: 1. fanfarrão
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 valentão
- valentona feminine
- valentões masculine plural
- valentonas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce valentão?
- Brazil /va.lẽˈtɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [va.lẽˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /vɐ.lẽˈtɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to valentão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is valentão in Portuguese?
valentão appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).