vilão

See also: vilao and vilaõ

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from vīlla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /βiˈlã.u/

Noun

vilão m (plural vilãos)

  1. villein, peasant

Descendants

  • Galician: vilán
  • Portuguese: vilão, vilaõ, villaõ, villão (obsolete)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vilão, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from vīlla +‎ -ānus. Cognate with Galician vilán and Spanish villano. By surface analysis, vila +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈlɐ̃w̃/ [viˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: vi‧lão

Noun

vilão m (plural vilões or (rare) vilães or (rare) vilãos, feminine vilã or (rare) viloa, feminine plural vilãs or (rare) viloas)

  1. townsperson (inhabitant of a town)
  3. villain (a vile, wicked person)
    1. villain (bad person in a work of fiction)
      Synonym: malfeitor
      Antonym: herói
  4. something which causes a problem
  5. (historical) villein (a feudal tenant)
  6. (obsolete) a non-noble who lives in a city or village

Derived terms

  • cavaleiro-vilão

Adjective

vilão (feminine vilã or (rare) viloa, masculine plural vilões or (rare) vilães or (rare) vilãos, feminine plural vilãs or (rare) viloas)

  1. related to a town
  2. rural
    Synonym: camponês
    Antonym: urbano
  3. villainous (of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain)
    Synonyms: vilanaço, vilanaz, vilanesco
  4. (uncommon) coarse (lacking refinement)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:grosseiro
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:grosseiro
  5. vile; wicked
    Synonyms: maldoso, maligno, malvado, mau, perverso, vil
    Antonyms: benigno, bom, bondoso

Descendants

References

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