pichador

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From pichar +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [pi.ʃaˈdoh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pi.ʃaˈdoɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pi.ʃaˈdoʁ/ [pi.ʃaˈdoχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.ʃaˈdoɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pi.ʃɐˈdoɾ/ [pi.ʃɐˈðoɾ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /pi.t͡ʃɐˈdoɾ/ [pi.t͡ʃɐˈðoɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pi.ʃɐˈdo.ɾi/ [pi.ʃɐˈðo.ɾi]

Noun

pichador m (plural pichadores, feminine pichadora, feminine plural pichadoras)

  1. One who writes or scribbles on facades of buildings, walls or other surfaces.
    Hypernym: vândalo
    • 2008 December 5, Diógenes Muniz, “"Me identifico com o vazio", diz jovem presa por pichar Bienal”, in Folha de S.Paulo‎[1], São Paulo: Folha da Manhã, →ISSN:
      " […] A arte tem que ser livre", diz o pichador Rafael Guedes Augustaitiz, o Pixobomb, líder das ações.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (rare) One who applies or covers with pitch.

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