cuzão

/kuˈzɐ̃w/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Slang Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Negative
Word fingerprint: Register: slang. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: negative.

Forms

plural
os cuzões

Meaning

  1. jerk, coward (vulgar)

    • Que cuzão, fugiu da briga!

      What a coward, he ran from the fight!

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Usage notes

A strong Brazilian insult, from a crude word for the anus; means a coward or a mean person. Very vulgar; avoid. Milder alternatives: «covarde», «mesquinho».

nounvulgar

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