proxeneta
See also: proxenêta
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin proxenēta, from Ancient Greek προξενητής (proxenētḗs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [pɾuk.səˈnɛ.tə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) unknown
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾok.seˈne.ta]
Noun
[edit]proxeneta m or f by sense (plural proxenetes)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “proxeneta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French proxénète, from Ancient Greek προξενητής (proxenētḗs).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -etɐ
- Hyphenation: pro‧xe‧ne‧ta
Noun
[edit]proxeneta m or f by sense (plural proxenetas)
- pimp (prostitution solicitor)
- 2003, “Máquina da Verdade – Programa do Urso” (02:38 from the start), in Miryam Rahme, director, Hermes e Renato[1], season 5, episode 13, spoken by Urso (Felipe Torres), São Paulo, via MTV Brasil:
- É verdade que antes de ser famoso você era proxeneta do teu pai e sevandija da tua mãe?
- Is it true that before you were famous you were your father's pimp and your mother's freeloader?
Related terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately a borrowing from Ancient Greek προξενητής (proxenētḗs).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]proxeneta m or f by sense (plural proxenetas)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “proxeneta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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