brasileiro
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɾa.siˈlej.ɾʊ/
Adjective
brasileiro (feminine brasileira, masculine plural brasileiros, feminine plural brasileiras)
Noun
brasileiro m (plural brasileiros, feminine brasileira, feminine plural brasileiras)
Related terms
Further reading
- “brasileiro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- brazileiro (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
From brasil (“brazilwood”) + -eiro, later reanalyzed as Brasil (“Brazil”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (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/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾɐ.ziˈlej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾɐ.ziˈlej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɾɐ.ziˈle.ɾu/
- Rhymes: -ejɾu, -ɐjɾu, (j-dropping) -eɾu
- Hyphenation: bra‧si‧lei‧ro
Noun
brasileiro m (plural brasileiros, feminine brasileira, feminine plural brasileiras)
- Brazilian (person from Brazil)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:brasileiro
- (Portugal, derogatory, dated) Portuguese person who migrated to Brazil
- (historical) one who works with brazilwood
Derived terms
- brasileiresco
- brasileirice
- brasileirinho
- brasileirismo
Noun
brasileiro m (uncountable)
- (informal, proscribed) Brazilian Portuguese (Portuguese spoken and written in Brazil)
- Synonyms: português brasileiro, português do Brasil
Adjective
brasileiro (feminine brasileira, masculine plural brasileiros, feminine plural brasileiras)
- Brazilian (of or relating to Brazil)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:brasileiro
Derived terms
- afro-brasileiro
- Brasileirão
- ítalo-brasileiro
- jeitinho brasileiro
- jiu-jitsu brasileiro
- nipo-brasileiro
- português brasileiro
- terrier brasileiro
Descendants
- → Galician: brasileiro
- → Spanish: brasileiro