cangaceiro

English

Etymology

From Portuguese cangaceiro.

Noun

cangaceiro (plural cangaceiros)

1. (now chiefly historical) A type of nomadic bandit in Northeast Brazil.
   • 1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 68:

     Cangaceiros and flying brigades alike ate up the provisions of the townspeople of Custódia, got drunk on their cane brandy, and tried to rape their women.

   • 1988, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, Captains of the Sands, Penguin, published 2013, page 58:

     Dry Gulch looks like a cangaceiro with his leather hat and crossed cartridge belts.

   • 2010, Darlene J. Sadlier, Brazil Imagined, page 260:

     That night Deraldo has a dream in which, dressed as a cangaceiro, he stands on a street corner and challenges passersby, who point and laugh at him.

Portuguese

Cangaceiros

Etymology

From cangaço +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.ɡɐˈsɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.ɡɐˈsɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.ɡɐˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.ɡɐˈsej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.ɡɐˈse.ɾu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ejɾu, -eɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu
• Hyphenation: can‧ga‧cei‧ro

Noun

cangaceiro m (plural cangaceiros, feminine cangaceira, feminine plural cangaceiras)

1. (Brazil, historical) a type of nomadic bandit in Northeast Brazil