filibustero

Spanish

FWOTD – 19 September 2018

Etymology

Borrowed from French flibustier, from Dutch vrijbuiter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /filibusˈteɾo/ [fi.li.β̞usˈt̪e.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: fi‧li‧bus‧te‧ro

Noun

filibustero m (plural filibusteros, feminine filibustera, feminine plural filibusteras)

  1. pirate, plunderer, freebooter
    • 2003, Arturo Uslar Pietri, Morgan y los piratas, El Nacional, →ISBN:
      El gobernador inglés de Jamaica concede patente de corso a los filibusteros, principalmente para que ataquen a las colonias españolas: atacan Costa Rica y Tobago.
      The English governor of Jamaica grants the plunderers letter of marque, mainly for them to attack Spanish colonies: they attack Costa Rica and Tobago.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: filibuster
    • → Chinese: 費力把事拖 / 费力把事拖 (fèilìbǎshìtuō)
    • → Dutch: filibuster
    • → Indonesian: filibuster

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