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