fuleiro

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fulero (misspelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fulero or fullero.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• Rhymes: -eɾu, -ejɾu

Adjective

fuleiro (feminine fuleira, masculine plural fuleiros, feminine plural fuleiras)

1. (Brazil, colloquial, of objects) mediocre, worthless, poorly done, useless, lousy

   Compramos uma máquina de lavar fuleira que quase não presta. ― We bought a lousy washing machine that barely works.

2. (Brazil, colloquial, of people) irresponsible, careless, untrustworthy

Derived terms

• fuleiragem

 

Further reading

• “fuleiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “fuleiro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024