traficante

See also: Traficante

Portuguese

Etymology

From traficar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.fiˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.fiˈkɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾa.fiˈkɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.fiˈkɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: tra‧fi‧can‧te

Noun

traficante m or f by sense (plural traficantes)

1. trafficker (someone who transports and/or commercial illegal goods)
2. (specifically) dealer (one who peddles illicit drugs)

Spanish

Etymology

Obsolete present participle of traficar (“to smuggle”), from Italian trafficare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾafiˈkante/ [t̪ɾa.fiˈkãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: tra‧fi‧can‧te

Adjective

traficante m or f (masculine and feminine plural traficantes)

1. dealing

Noun

traficante m or f by sense (plural traficantes)

1. dealer (drugs)
2. trafficker (illegal)

Related terms

• narcotraficante
• narcotráfico
• traficar
• tráfico

 

Further reading

• “traficante”, 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