paneleiro
Portuguese
Etymology
From panela + -eiro, literally “potmaker”
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.neˈle(j).ɾu/ [pa.neˈle(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pa.neˈle(j).ɾo/ [pa.neˈle(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.nɨˈlɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.nɨˈlej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.nɨˈlej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.nɨˈle.ɾu/
- (Alentejo, Portugal) IPA(key): [pɐ̃dˈleɾu] (as if spelled "pandeleiro")
- Hyphenation: pa‧ne‧lei‧ro
Adjective
paneleiro (feminine paneleira, masculine plural paneleiros, feminine plural paneleiras)
- (Portugal, derogatory, vulgar, offensive) poof, faggot (homosexual)
Noun
paneleiro m (plural paneleiros, feminine paneleira, feminine plural paneleiras)
- One who makes ceramic cooking pots.
- (Portugal, derogatory, vulgar, offensive) poof, fag (male homosexual)
- (chiefly Brazil, Internet slang, derogatory) One who engages with or is part of a particular online group or clique, especially one deemed as insurgent and influenced by alt-right discourse via social-media platforms such as Discord.
Derived terms
- apaneleirado
- paneleirice
Further reading
- “paneleiro”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “paneleiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025