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mermão

🇧🇷 Portuguese slang from Brazil

What does “mermão” mean?

bro

Example

“Qual é, mermão? Tá tudo bem?”
What's up, bro? Everything OK?

Good to know

Contraction of "meu irmão" (my brother). Strongly associated with Rio.

Who you can say it to

With friends, not your boss

🫂 Friends

The textbook way to say it: meu amigo

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