vilão

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) townsperson (inhabitant of a town)
2. (masculine) villain (a vile, wicked person)
3. (masculine) villain (a vile, wicked person)
4. (masculine) something which causes a problem
5. (historical, masculine) villein (a feudal tenant)
6. (masculine, obsolete) a non-noble who lives in a city or village

Adj

1. related to a town
2. rural
3. villainous (of, relating to, or appropriate to a villain)
4. (uncommon) coarse (lacking refinement)
5. vile; wicked

Concepts

villain

🦹‍♂️

baddie

offender

Opposite of

herói, caprichado, esmerado, fino, benigno, bom, bondoso, campestre, rural, urbano

Synonyms

patife

salafrário

Vilões

Translations

vilain

🦹‍♂️

cattivo

👎

Schurke

🦹‍♂️

scélérat

🦹‍♂️

méchant

Bösewicht

🦹‍♂️

dolent

👎

slechterik

villano

παλιάνθρωπος

Oberböse

κάθαρμα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/viˈlɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: vilán

Cognate with Spanish: villano

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vilão, from Late Latin vīllānus (“farm worker”), from vīlla + -ānus. Cognate with Galician vilán and Spanish villano. By surface analysis, vila + -ão.