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Brazilian

nounadjectivecommon in dialogue

  • //bɹəˈzɪ.lɪ.ən//
  • //bɹəˈzɪl.jən//

A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.

noun

  1. 1

    A person from Brazil or of Brazilian descent.

    The world descended on Rio de Janeiro for the XXXI Olympiad in 2016, but Brazilians have been ready anytime to help the world take a load off and experience something missing for a while: fun.

  2. 2

    Variant of Brazilian waxinformalEllipsis of Brazilian wax (“style of pubic hair removal”).

    So why get a Brazilian? There are several levels of reasoning beyond what I mentioned in the foreword, but let's discuss the most obvious. Getting a Brazilian wax will make you feel cleaner down there and improve your sex life.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Brazil Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Brazilian From Brazil + -ian.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.

    U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he would support a new election in Venezuela, after Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also floated the idea, despite rebuffs from Venezuela's ruling party and its opposition which both claim victory in the July 28 contest.

  2. 2

    Pertaining to full removal of pubic hair.

Forms

plural
Brazilians
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