irmão

Meaning

1. (masculine) brother (male sibling)
2. (masculine) sibling (person having the same parents as another)
3. (masculine) brother (member of a brotherhood)
4. (masculine) brother; bro (close friend)

Hyphenated as

ir‧mão

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/iʁˈmɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese irmão (“brother”), from Vulgar Latin germānus (“brother”), from Latin germānus (“of siblings”), from germen (“sprout, bud”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring, seed”), from *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, to give birth”). Cognate with Galician irmán, Mirandese armano, Asturian hermanu, Spanish hermano, Aragonese chirmán, Italian germano, Venetian zarman and Catalan germà. Doublet of hermano.

Sentences

O irmão mais novo tem algo a perguntar .

Younger brother has something to ask.

Meu irmão Elijah caiu da sua bicicleta .

My brother Elijah fell off his bike.