bombeiro

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

  • Rhymes: -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu
  • Hyphenation: bom‧bei‧ro

Etymology 1

From bomba (“pump”) +‎ -eiro.

Noun

bombeiro m (plural bombeiros, feminine bombeira, feminine plural bombeiras)

  1. firefighter (person trained to extinguish fires and undertake rescue operations)
    Synonym: (poetic) soldado do fogo
  2. (Brazil, regional) plumber
    Synonym: encanador
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Tetum: bombeiru

Etymology 2

From Rioplatense Spanish bombero or bombeadero.[1]

Noun

bombeiro m (plural bombeiros, feminine bombeira, feminine plural bombeiras)

  1. (Rio Grande do Sul) spy

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bombeiro.

References

  1. ^ Aldyr Garcia Schlee (2019) Beatriz Araujo, editor, Dicionário da Cultura Pampeana Sul-Rio-Grandense (in Portuguese), volume I, Pelotas: Fructos do Paiz, →ISBN, page 161

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