garimpeiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From garimpo +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɾĩˈpɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɾĩˈpɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɾĩˈpej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɾĩˈpej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɾĩˈpe.ɾu/

• Rhymes: -ejɾu, (Portugal) -ɐjɾu
• Hyphenation: ga‧rim‧pei‧ro

Noun

garimpeiro m (plural garimpeiros, feminine garimpeira, feminine plural garimpeiras)

1. (Brazil) prospector

Further reading

• “garimpeiro” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “garimpeiro”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “garimpeiro”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
• “garimpeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “garimpeiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “garimpeiro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Noun

garimpeiro m (plural garimpeiros, feminine garimpeira, feminine plural garimpeiras)

1. prospector

Further reading

• “garimpeiro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28