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Meanings of brown-nose in English

Portuguese
bajular

Flatter with the intention of getting something.

bajular

Person who flatters others for the purpose of obtaining a personnal advantage.

Usage of brown-nose in English
1
Every TFNG walked into NASA a slavishly loyal subject of King George, and we competed in pathetic attempts to brown-nose him.
Riding rockets
2
'You forgetting something, Jez; everyone forgets, except maybe good old brown-nose Bernhard.
The Naked God
3
When Randolph was finally gone, Carter said: "If I swear I'm not brown-nosing, can I tell you something?"
Under the dome: a novel
4
'Are you gonna tell Al we did to Jezzibella what they did to Brown-nose Bernhard?'
The Naked God
5
Aech must have thought I was brown-nosing, because she snickered throughout my stammering monologue, but Og was very cool about it.
Ready Player One
Translations for brown-nose
Portuguese
bajular