fanfarrão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Spanish fanfarrón, from Arabic فَرْفَار‎ (farfār).[1] Cognate with French fanfaron, Italian fanfarone.

Adjective

fanfarrão m (feminine singular fanfarrona, masculine plural fanfarrões, feminine plural fanfarronas, comparable)

  1. who is a braggart; who often brags

Noun

fanfarrão m (plural fanfarrões, feminine fanfarrona, feminine plural fanfarronas)

  1. braggart (one who boasts)

References
  1. “fanfarrão” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. [em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2019.
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