vileiro

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese vila

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese -eiro

Portuguese vileiro

From vila + -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈlɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈlɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈlej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈlej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈle.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: vi‧lei‧ro

Noun

vileiro m (plural vileiros, feminine vileira, feminine plural vileiras)

1. (obsolete) peasant, villager, or member of the population in general
2. (Brazil, slang) suburbian (a person from the suburbs)
3. (dated, regional) parishioner

References

• “vileiro”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026