brabo

Mirandese

Adjective

brabo m (feminine braba, masculine plural brabos, feminine plural brabas)

angry, furious
bold, courageous

Portuguese

Etymology

Betacism of bravo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɾa.bu/
Hyphenation: bra‧bo

Adjective

brabo m (feminine singular braba, masculine plural brabos, feminine plural brabas, comparable)

furious, annoyed
prone to irritation, easily angered, bad-tempered, choleric
hooligan, brawler, troublemaker
rigorous, authoritarian
uneducated, uncivilized
(of a person, or situation) difficult, unmanageable
(of an animal) undomesticated
(of a plant, or vegetable) inedible, venomous
(of the sea) stormy
(colloquial) Alternative form of bravo

Usage notes

Sometimes mistook as a supposed "misspelling" of bravo. See hypercorrection.

Inflection

Inflection of brabo

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	brabo	braba	brabos	brabas
comparative	mais brabo	mais braba	mais brabos	mais brabas
superlative	o mais brabo brabíssimo	a mais braba brabíssima	os mais brabos brabíssimos	as mais brabas brabíssimas
augmentative	brabão	brabona	brabões	brabonas
diminutive	brabinho	brabinha	brabinhos	brabinhas

Synonyms

(furious): furioso, irado, raivoso, enraivecido, bravo
(bad-tempered): genioso, irritadiço, bravo
(hooligan): brigão, arruaceiro
(rigorous): rígido, rigoroso, severo, bravo
(uncivilized): bárbaro, rude, grosseiro, bravo
(difficult): ruço, difícil, bravo
(undomesticated): bravio, silvestre, bravo
(inedible): incomestível, tóxico
(stormy sea): tempestuoso, bravo

Noun

brabo m (plural brabos)

a certain part of an oxcart
(North Brazil) a neophyte to rubber tapping, a novice seringueiro

Derived terms

brabura
brabeza
embrabecer
mandioca braba

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