brasileiro

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾa.siˈlej.ɾʊ/

Adjective

brasileiro (feminine brasileira, masculine plural brasileiros, feminine plural brasileiras)

1. Brazilian

Noun

brasileiro m (plural brasileiros, feminine brasileira, feminine plural brasileiras)

1. Brazilian

Related terms

• Brasil

Further reading

• “brasileiro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• brazileiro (obsolete)

Etymology

From brasil +‎ -eiro, later reanalyzed as Brasil +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾa.ziˈle(j).ɾu/ [bɾa.ziˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾa.ziˈle(j).ɾu/ [bɾa.ziˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾa.ziˈle(j).ɾo/ [bɾa.ziˈle(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐ.ziˈlɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐ.ziˈlɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐ.ziˈlej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐ.ziˈlej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾɐ.ziˈle.ɾu/

• (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bɾɐ.zi.ˈle(j).ɾu/
• Hyphenation: bra‧si‧lei‧ro

Noun

brasileiro m (plural brasileiros, feminine brasileira, feminine plural brasileiras)

1. (historical) one who works with brazilwood
3. Brazilian (person from Brazil)

   Synonyms: (Brazil, colloquial) tupiniquim, (colloquial) brasuca

4. (Portugal, derogatory, dated) Portuguese person who migrated to Brazil

Noun

brasileiro m (uncountable)

1. (informal) Brazilian Portuguese (Portuguese spoken and written in Brazil)

   Synonyms: português brasileiro, português do Brasil

Adjective

brasileiro (feminine brasileira, masculine plural brasileiros, feminine plural brasileiras)

2. Brazilian (of or relating to Brazil)

   Synonyms: (colloquial) tupiniquim, (slang) brasuca

Derived terms

• jeitinho brasileiro
• português brasileiro