sabichão

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown, with some theories:

• from sábio (“wise”) +‎ -icho +‎ -ão;
• from saber (“to know”) +‎ -icho +‎ -ão;
• from sabidão (“know-it-all”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.biˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [sa.biˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.biˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [sɐ.βiˈʃɐ̃w̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.biˈʃɐ̃w̃/ [sɐ.βiˈʃɐ̃w̃]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.biˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃/ [sɐ.βiˈt͡ʃɐ̃w̃]

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
• Hyphenation: sa‧bi‧chão

Adjective

sabichão (feminine sabichona or (rare) sabichã, masculine plural sabichões, feminine plural sabichonas or (rare) sabichãs)

1. (derogatory, relational) know-it-all

Noun

sabichão m (plural sabichões, feminine sabichona or (rare) sabichã, feminine plural sabichonas or (rare) sabichãs)

1. (derogatory) know-it-all (someone who obnoxiously claims to be knowledgeable on a subject)

   Synonym: sabe-tudo

   • 1968, José Nelino Melo, Estudos Práticos de Gramática Normativa da Língua Portuguêsa, Rio de Janeiro: Bruno Buccini, page 182:

     sabichão_sabichã e sabichona.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• saber