tanqueiro

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Prakrit 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka)

Gujarati ટાંકી (ṭā̃kī)bor.

Portuguese tanque

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese tanqueiro

From tanque + -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃ˈke(j).ɾu/ [tɐ̃ˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃ˈke(j).ɾu/ [tɐ̃ˈke(ɪ̯).ɾu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃ˈke(j).ɾo/ [tɐ̃ˈke(ɪ̯).ɾo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃ˈkɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃ˈkɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃ˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃ˈkej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃ˈke.ɾu/

Noun

tanqueiro m (plural tanqueiros)

1. tanker (vehicle used to transport liquid)
2. (military) tanker (member of a tank crew)

Further reading

• “tanqueiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026