viado

Meaning

1. (Brazil, colloquial, derogatory, masculine, mildly, offensive, usually, vulgar) faggot (effeminate homosexual man)
2. (Brazil, colloquial, derogatory, masculine, mildly, offensive, usually, vulgar) fucker, bastard (undesirable person)
3. (Brazil, colloquial, masculine, mildly, offensive, slang, usually, vulgar) bro (friendly term of address among men)

Concepts

gay

queer

fagot

fairy

🧚

fruitcake

fag

pansy

poof

poove

pouf

queen

👸

nance

faggot

Synonyms

bicha

🪱

gay

highly offensive

homossexual

veado

🦌

boiola

puto

paneleiro

Translations

finocchio

culattone

pédé

checca

🧚

frocio

🇩🇪

gay

gay

schwul

pédale

pet

homosexuel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/viˈa.du/

Etymology

Uncertain. There are many widespread folk etymologies, including one that associates the term with the Disney animated film Bambi, but the leading theories are:
* A pronunciation spelling of veado (“deer”).
* A clipping of desviado (“perverted”).