traiçoeiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From traição +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾaj.soˈe(j).ɾu/ [tɾaɪ̯.soˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾaj.soˈe(j).ɾo/ [tɾaɪ̯.soˈe(ɪ̯).ɾo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾajˈswɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾajˈswej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾajˈswej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾajˈswe.ɾu/

Hyphenation: trai‧ço‧ei‧ro

Adjective

traiçoeiro (feminine traiçoeira, masculine plural traiçoeiros, feminine plural traiçoeiras)

treacherous (tending to betray)
Synonyms: púnico, traidor

Derived terms

traiçoeiramente

Further reading

“traiçoeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025