bicheiro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bicheiro.

Noun

bicheiro (plural bicheiros)

  1. One who runs an illegal numbers game in South America.
    • 2007 June 7, Larry Rohter, “Brazilian Numbers Game Ties Officials to Mobsters”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Today it is played everywhere in Brazil, including remote corners of the Amazon, but continues to be controlled from Rio by about a dozen bosses, called bicheiros.

Portuguese

Etymology

From bicho +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

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

  • Rhymes: -ejɾu, -ɐjɾu, -eɾu
  • Hyphenation: bi‧chei‧ro

Noun

bicheiro m (plural bicheiros)

  1. (Brazil, gambling) bicheiro
    • 2024 October 29, Jefferson Monteiro, Mahomed Saigg, “Rogério Andrade, maior bicheiro do Rio, é preso por mandar matar rival Fernando Iggnácio”, in g1‎[2], Rio de Janeiro: Globo, archived from the original on 29 October 2024:
      O Ministério Público do Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ) prendeu nesta terça-feira (29) o contraventor Rogério Andrade, patrono da escola de samba Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel e o maior bicheiro do Rio.
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