nuviléro

Macanese

Alternative forms

  • noviléro, novilêro, (archaic) novileiro

Etymology

Possibly from Portuguese novilheiro (“calf-fighter”) (cf. Spanish novillero), with a semantic shift due to Portuguese novidade (“news”) and more distantly Latin novellus (“new; novel”). By surface analysis, Portuguese novo +‎ -éro.

Pronunciation

  • nuviléro: IPA(key): /nu.viˈlɛ.ɾu/
  • noviléro, novilêro: IPA(key): /nɔ.viˈlɛ.ɾu/, /nu.viˈlɛ.ɾu/

Noun

nuviléro

  1. person who likes to spread and know about news
  2. troublemaker

References

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