faxineiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From faxina +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.ʃiˈne(j).ɾu/ [fa.ʃiˈne(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.ʃiˈne(j).ɾo/ [fa.ʃiˈne(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.ʃiˈnɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.ʃiˈnej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.ʃiˈnej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.ʃiˈne.ɾu/

Hyphenation: fa‧xi‧nei‧ro

Noun

faxineiro m (plural faxineiros, feminine faxineira, feminine plural faxineiras)

one who performs the cleaning or part of it; cleaner; janitor; sweeper

Further reading

“faxineiro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025