pescadeiro
Portuguese
Etymology
From pescado (“food fish”) + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pes.kaˈde(j).ɾu/ [pes.kaˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /peʃ.kaˈde(j).ɾu/ [peʃ.kaˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pes.kaˈde(j).ɾo/ [pes.kaˈde(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨʃ.kɐˈdɐj.ɾu/ [pɨʃ.kɐˈðɐj.ɾu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨʃ.kɐˈdej.ɾu/ [pɨʃ.kɐˈðej.ɾu]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨʃ.kɐˈdej.ɾu/ [pɨʃ.kɐˈðej.ɾu]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɨʃ.kɐˈde.ɾu/ [pɨʃ.kɐˈðe.ɾu]
- Hyphenation: pei‧xei‧ro
Noun
pescadeiro m (plural pescadeiros, feminine pescadeira, feminine plural pescadeiras)
- (dated) fishmonger (person who sells fish)
- Synonym: peixeiro
Further reading
- “pescadeiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025