amarelão

Portuguese

Etymology

From amarelo +‎ -ão (augmentative suffix).

Adjective

amarelão m (feminine singular amarelona, masculine plural amarelões, feminine plural amarelonas, comparable)

Augmentative of amarelo
(slang) yellow; cowardly (lacking courage)

Synonyms

(cowardly): covarde, cagão (vulgar)

Noun

amarelão m (plural amarelões, feminine amarelona, feminine plural amarelonas)

(uncountable) ancylostomiasis (hookworm infection)
(slang) chicken; coward

Synonyms

(ancylostomiasis): ancilostomíase, ancilostomose, necatoríase, opilação
(coward): covarde, cagão (vulgar)

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