centrão

Portuguese

Etymology

From centro +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽˈtɾɐ̃w̃/ [sẽˈtɾɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

Noun

centrão m (plural centrões)

  1. augmentative of centro (“large center”)
  2. (Brazil, politics, collective) a group of political parties that do not have a specific ideological orientation; big tent
    • 2022 July 25, Julia Chaib, “Centrão endossa críticas de Bolsonaro a atuação de ministros de TSE e STF”, in Folha de S.Paulo‎[1], São Paulo: Folha da Manhã, →ISSN:
      Apesar de dizerem que ataques públicos às urnas eletrônicas atrapalham Jair Bolsonaro (PL) do ponto de vista eleitoral, líderes do centrão endossam nos bastidores parte das críticas do presidente a ministros do STF (Supremo Tribunal Federal) e do TSE (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral).
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