tropeiro

Portuguese

Etymology

From tropa (“pack animals”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈpɐj.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈpɐj.ɾu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈpej.ɾu/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈpej.ɾu/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾuˈpe.ɾu/

• Hyphenation: fei‧jão‧-tro‧pei‧ro

Noun

tropeiro m (plural tropeiros, feminine tropeira, feminine plural tropeiras)

1. (Brazil) muleteer

   Synonyms: almocreve, recoveiro

Derived terms

• feijão-tropeiro
• tropeirismo

Further reading

• “tropeiro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “tropeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025