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Borrowed from Spanish fanfarrón, from Arabic فَرْفَار (farfār).^[1] Cognate with French fanfaron, Italian fanfarone.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃.faˈʁɐ̃w̃/ [fɐ̃.faˈhɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃.faˈʁɐ̃w̃/ [fɐ̃.faˈχɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ̃.fɐˈʁɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: fan‧fa‧rrão

fanfarrão (feminine fanfarrona, masculine plural fanfarrões, feminine plural fanfarronas)

who is a braggart; who often brags

fanfarrão m (plural fanfarrões, feminine fanfarrona, feminine plural fanfarronas)

braggart (one who boasts)
Synonyms: paparrotão, bazofiador, gabarola, gabola

^ “fanfarrão”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024